School Districts in Essex County

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22 public school districts in Essex County, New Jersey. Districts are ranked by projected accountability score — how each performs on New Jersey's state formula using federal NCES data. ← All New Jersey districts

County rankings — by projected accountability score

21 districts in Essex County with a projected score, using New Jersey's own accountability formula applied to federal NCES data.

#1 Millburn Township School DistrictMillburn, NJ Above average 4,793 students #2 Livingston Board of Education School DistrictLivingston, NJ Above average 6,371 students #3 Glen Ridge Public School DistrictGlen Ridge, NJ Above average 1,833 students #4 North Star Academy Charter SchoolNewark, NJ Near average 6,350 students #5 West Essex Regional School DistrictNorth Caldwell, NJ Near average 1,663 students #6 Cedar Grove Township School DistrictCEDAR GROVE, NJ Near average 1,586 students #7 Nutley Public School DistrictNUTLEY, NJ Near average 4,072 students #8 West Orange Public SchoolsWest Orange, NJ Near average 6,835 students #9 South Orange-Maplewood School DistrictMaplewood, NJ Near average 6,811 students #10 Montclair Public School DistrictMontclair, NJ Near average 6,216 students #11 Caldwell-West School DistrictWEST CALDWELL, NJ Near average 2,601 students #12 Verona Public School DistrictVerona, NJ Near average 2,176 students #13 Bloomfield Township School DistrictBloomfield, NJ Below average 6,328 students #14 TEAM Academy Charter SchoolNewark, NJ Below average 6,096 students #15 ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School DistrictORANGE, NJ Below average 5,744 students #16 Belleville Public School DistrictBelleville, NJ Below average 4,970 students #17 Great Oaks Legacy Charter SchoolNewark, NJ Below average 2,012 students #18 Newark Public School DistrictNewark, NJ Below average 41,672 students #19 East Orange School DistrictEast Orange, NJ Below average 9,272 students #20 Marion P. Thomas Charter SchoolNewark, NJ Below average 1,437 students #21 Irvington Public School DistrictIRVINGTON, NJ Below average 7,675 students

Additional districts (no accountability model)

Listed by enrollment — no state accountability formula is available for these districts.

Essex County Schools of TechnologyNewark, NJ 2,021 students

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