NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Newark, NY

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6 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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6
Schools
2,532
Students
45.7/100
Avg Resource Index
8.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Newark has more public-school enrollment than 21% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Newark is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Newark's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between Ontario-Seneca-Yates-Cayuga-Wayne Boces and Perkins Elementary School shows the range hidden by Newark's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 79%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
73rd percentile
Teacher staffing
99th percentile

Ontario-Seneca-Yates-Cayuga-Wayne Boces accounts for 28.2% of all Newark public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Newark-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Newark school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities

Newark school enrollment ranges from 207 students (lowest) to 715 students (highest), a spread of 508 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Newark reports 51.8% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Newark student-teacher ratio is 8.6:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)

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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Ontario-Seneca-Yates-Cayuga-Wayne Boces 62
2. Lincoln Elementary School 46
3. Newark Middle School 44
4. Newark Senior High School 42
5. Norman R Kelley Intermediate School 42
6. Perkins Elementary School 38

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 Lincoln Elementary School 57.2/100
  2. 2 Perkins Elementary School 56.4/100
  3. 3 Newark Senior High School 52.0/100
  4. 4 Newark Middle School 51.0/100
  5. 5 Norman R Kelley Intermediate School 50.7/100

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Which Newark school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ontario-Seneca-Yates-Cayuga-Wayne Boces has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Newark schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Newark, NY? ▼

Newark has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,532 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 8.6:1.

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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.