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Newark Leadership Academy

Newark City · Essex County · High school
Grades 10–12 · was 9–12 in 2011
Last reported enrollment in 2017-18 — no longer in the data since.
Page updated · data years vary by section

At a glance

What changed?

These measures follow the same rule on every school page, not a ranking of this school’s biggest changes. Each row names its evidence dates; trend rows do not describe every year in between.

These are descriptive measures from statewide NJDOE datasets, not a quality rating or an explanation of cause. Proficiency, attendance, and graduation figures use All Students; subgroup patterns may differ.

Enrollment over time

In its last year on record, 2017-18, it enrolled 19 students across grades 10–12. That is 54 fewer than in 2011-12 (73) — the school had shrunk. It peaked at 93 in 2012-13.

students 0255075100 191998200320082013201820232025

Total students enrolled each fall. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

What the school looks like

The largest group in both 2011-12 and 2017-18 was Black students — 92% then, 89% now.

% of students 050100race categories: 5 → 711%89%1998200320082013201820232025
BlackHispanicAsianNative Am.

Each group’s share of enrollment over time, or its head count — toggle above. New Jersey expanded race and ethnicity reporting from five to seven categories in 2006-07 (dashed line), so “two or more races” appears only after; Asian here includes Pacific Islander. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

How much the mix changed

Between 2013-14 and 2017-18 the makeup of this school shifted noticeably.

That’s the ninth-largest shift among the district’s 16 high schools — smaller than 52% of Essex County high schools. That roughly tracks the district overall (8.5) — a district-wide change more than a school-specific one. The biggest moves, in percentage points:
Hispanic +6·Black −4.6·Native Am. −1.5

The index is half the sum of every group’s change in share, on a 0–100 scale (how it works). At a school this small, a few students moving can swing the index a lot. It is computed from the same counts as the makeup chart above — source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment. Compare any two years in the explorer →

Free or reduced-price lunch

In 2017-18, 57.9% of students were certified for free or reduced-price lunch.

% certified 05010084.7%70.7%57.9%201120162017
This schooldistrict overalldistrict high schools

Share of students certified for free or reduced-price meals, through a household application or an automatic match. The lighter lines show the district overall and the district high schools, for comparison. Some districts serve free meals to every student under the Community Eligibility Provision. Those districts often stop collecting household income forms, so their reported share can run below the number of low-income students they enroll. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

Graduation rate

In 2015-16, 24.1% of students graduated within four years — up from 22% in 2012-13.

% graduating 04590notreported75.7%24.1%201220132014201520162017
This schooldistrict overall

Four-year graduation rate — the share of a class that finishes within four years of entering ninth grade (New Jersey’s state calculation). The lighter line shows the district overall, for comparison. The figures for 2012-13 and 2013-14 are printed to the whole percent: that is how the 2015-16 workbook published them, and it is the only edition that does. Points from 2015-16 and earlier are matched to this school by its state code; New Jersey’s organization record only reaches back to 2020-08-11, so for those years the code is verified and the identity behind it is not. Source: NJ School Performance Reports, 2015-16 through 2024-25.

Profile built from New Jersey Department of Education Fall Enrollment data, 1998-99 through 2025-26. How this data works →