NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Newark, CA

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10 public K-12 schools in Newark from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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10
Schools
4,661
Students
29.7/100
Avg Resource Index
22.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Newark has more public-school enrollment than 52% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Newark's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

6 of Newark's 10 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Newark lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 31 to 1,367 students, a 44-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 48%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
11th percentile
Teacher staffing
8th percentile

Newark Memorial High accounts for 29.3% of all Newark public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Newark-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Newark school enrollment varies 44× across entities

Newark school enrollment ranges from 31 students (lowest) to 1,367 students (highest), a spread of 1,336 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Newark operates one school district — a single-district system

Newark's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Newark student-teacher ratio is 22.1:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Newark Memorial High 44
2. Newark Junior High 42
3. John F. Kennedy Elementary 33
4. Lincoln Elementary 30
5. August Schilling Elementary 28
6. Birch Grove Primary 27
7. Bridgepoint High 27
8. Birch Grove Intermediate 26
9. Crossroads High (Alternative) 23
10. Coyote Hills Elementary 17

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Newark

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 John F. Kennedy Elementary 71.3/100
  2. 2 Birch Grove Intermediate 69.2/100
  3. 3 Crossroads High (Alternative) 69.1/100
  4. 4 Birch Grove Primary 67.9/100
  5. 5 Lincoln Elementary 67.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Newark?

Which Newark school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Newark Memorial High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Newark schools in this federal-data comparison at 44/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Newark, CA? ▼

Newark has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,661 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 22.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.