Simon Youth Academy
Elizabeth · NJ · Union County Vocational-Technical School District · Public
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Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy → Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy → John E. Dwyer Technology Academy → Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy → Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy → J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy → K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy → Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Simon Youth Academy compares for families
What families should know about Simon Youth Academy.
- ▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy, Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy, John E. Dwyer Technology Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -23.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 4 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy ELIZABETH |
Public | 2.0 | 1,268 | -1.5% |
| Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy Elizabeth |
Public | 2.0 | 1,144 | +14.4% |
| John E. Dwyer Technology Academy Elizabeth |
Public | 2.0 | 1,348 | +1.8% |
| Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy Elizabeth |
Public | 2.0 | 1,272 | +2.6% |
| Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy Elizabeth |
Public | 2.2 | 842 | +16.0% |
| J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy Elizabeth |
Public | 2.2 | 415 | +29.3% |
| K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy Elizabeth |
Public | 2.3 | 740 | +167.1% |
| Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy Elizabeth |
Public | 2.6 | 1,015 | +5.6% |