New Jersey · NCES CCD 2024-25

Largest Schools in New Jersey

The 50 largest public schools in New Jersey, ranked by total student enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.

Compiled from official source data by .
6,714
Largest school
2,488
Avg across top 50
50
Schools listed

The ranking in one line

North Star Academy Charter School in NEWARK is New Jersey's largest public school with 6,714 students enrolled.

6,714
students at North Star Academy Charter School
26.9:1
student-teacher ratio at the largest school
2,488
average across the top 50
# School Enrollment
1 North Star Academy Charter School NEWARK 6,714
2 Team Academy Charter School NEWARK 6,406
3 Passaic County Technical Institute WAYNE 3,565
4 Clifton High School CLIFTON 3,150
5 Union City High School Union City 3,147
6 Mastery Schools of Camden Inc. Camden 2,873
7 Bayonne High School BAYONNE 2,830
8 Perth Amboy High School PERTH AMBOY 2,769
9 Vineland Senior High School VINELAND 2,736
10 John P. Stevens High School EDISON 2,687
11 Bridgewater-Raritan High School Bridgewater 2,673
12 South Brunswick High School MONMOUTH JUNCTION 2,666
13 Old Bridge High School MATAWAN 2,659
14 Monroe Township High School MONROE TOWNSHIP 2,583
15 Passaic High School No. 12 Passaic 2,484
16 Camden's Promise Charter School Camden 2,457
17 New Brunswick High School NEW BRUNSWICK 2,443
18 Union High School UNION 2,410
19 Edison High School EDISON 2,393
20 Hillsborough High School Hillsborough 2,377
21 Memorial High School WEST NEW YORK 2,345
22 North Bergen High School N BERGEN 2,328
23 Kipp: Cooper Norcross a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Camden 2,280
24 Egg Harbor Township High School EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP 2,279
25 Hunterdon Central Regional High School District Flemington 2,238
26 Passaic Arts and Science Charter School Passaic 2,175
27 Great Oaks Legacy Charter School Newark 2,169
28 Piscataway Township High School PISCATAWAY 2,144
29 Franklin High School Somerset 2,134
30 East Brunswick High School EAST BRUNSWICK 2,124
31 Cherry Hill High School East CHERRY HILL 2,120
32 West Orange High School WEST ORANGE 2,106
33 Washington Township High School SEWELL 2,105
34 Trenton Central High School - Main Campus TRENTON 2,097
35 Cherokee High School MARLTON 2,082
36 Livingston High School LIVINGSTON 2,081
37 Churchill Junior High School EAST BRUNSWICK 2,080
38 Plainfield High School PLAINFIELD 2,077
39 Eastside High School PATERSON 2,073
40 Bloomfield High School Bloomfield 2,055
41 East Side High School NEWARK 2,046
42 Columbia High School MAPLEWOOD 1,985
43 Linden High School Linden 1,934
44 Rancocas Valley Regional High School MOUNT HOLLY 1,928
45 Montclair High School MONTCLAIR 1,925
46 Irvington High School IRVINGTON 1,913
47 Lenape High School MEDFORD 1,912
48 Barringer High School NEWARK 1,894
49 North Brunswick Township High School NORTH BRUNSWICK 1,876
50 Toms River High School North TOMS RIVER 1,861

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Methodology

Enrollment data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 school year. Schools are ranked by total student enrollment. Student-teacher ratios are calculated from full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher counts reported by each school.

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