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Newark Academy

Livingston · NJ · Private independent · K-12 combined

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📖24 AP courses 📝SAT 1450 avg 🏅10 National Merit Semifinalists

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Programs & features
  • 📚 24 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 10 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1450 (25-75: 1400–1510)
  • 📝 ACT avg 33.0 (25-75: 31–35)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 90.0% (avg score 4.3)

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How Newark Academy compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1450 (≈ top 3% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 33.0 (≈ top 2%) · 90% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 10 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
  • LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy Rae Kushner Yeshiva, Pillar High School (Former Horizon High School), Hanover Park High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy Rae Kushner Yeshiva
Livingston
Private 0.3 673 -4.8%
Pillar High School (Former Horizon High School)
Livingston
Private 1.8 78 -16.1%
Hanover Park High School
EAST HANOVER
Public 1.9 706 -6.0%
Livingston High School
LIVINGSTON
Public 2.1 2,081 +6.6%
Madison High School
MADISON
Public 2.6 761 -8.1%
Oratory Preparatory School
Summit
Private 3.8 394 +5.6%
Chatham High School
CHATHAM
Public 3.9 1,205 -4.4%
Kent Place School
Summit
Private 4.0 636 +5.6%

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