Newark Arts High School
| Newark Arts High School | |
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 Newark Arts High School
Newark Arts High School
Newark Arts High School
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| 550 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Newark, NJ 07102 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Magnet Public high school |
| Established | 1931 |
| School district | Newark Public Schools |
| Principal | Ricardo Pedro (interim) |
| Vice principals | Diane DelRusso Margaret El Antonio Lopes James Waldron |
| Faculty | 59.0 FTEs |
| Grades | 7, 9 – 12 |
| Enrollment | 684 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.6:1 |
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Forest Green Gray and White |
| Athletics conference | Super Essex Conference |
| Team name | Jaguars |
| Website | School website |
Newark Arts High School is a four-year magnet public high school, serving students in seventh through twelfth grades in Newark, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. The school is located in the University Heights section of Newark. For 2011-12, the 7th graders of William Brown Academy were housed there as its venue is being built.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 684 students and 59.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1. There were 458 students (67.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 42 (6.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school was the 248th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 240th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 205th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 154th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 186th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Arts High School opened its doors to students in September 1931 as the first public high school in the United States specializing in the visual and performing arts.
By the mid-1970s, Arts High School faced challenges from budget cuts affecting public schools in general, and those of the older cities in particular. The school also faced competition from other districts, such as the Montclair Public Schools in the suburban portion of Essex County, that was starting a high school magnet arts programs of its own.
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