Newark Early College High School

Newark Early College High School is a six-year comprehensive community public high school in Newark, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, and operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. Together with Newark Vocational High School, the school is one of two high schools operated on the West Side Campus.

Newark Early College High School
Address
403 South Orange Avenue

Newark
,
Essex County
,
New Jersey
07103

United States
Coordinates40.741149°N 74.20292°W / 40.741149; -74.20292
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtNewark Public Schools
PrincipalLarry Ramkinsoon
Faculty41.0 FTEs[1]
Grades7-12
Enrollment469 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.4:1[1]
Color(s)  Green and
  white[2]
Athletics conferenceSuper Essex Conference
Team nameRoughriders[2]
Websitewww.nps.k12.nj.us/wsd/nec/

As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 469 students and 41.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. There were 302 students (64.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 13 (2.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Athletics

The two schools share a sports program under the banner of the West Side High School Roughriders[2] compete in the Super Essex Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[3] With a combined enrollment of 728 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range.[4] West Side was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III North for football for 2018–2020.[5]

References
  1. School data for Newark Early College High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  2. West Side High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 5, 2016.
  3. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  4. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  5. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
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