Essex Rch
Alternative · Grades 8–12
Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology
498-544 West Market St, Newark, NJ 07107
Grades
9–12
High
Students
1,230
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
13.2 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Essex County Schools of Technology
Essex County
Schola Grade B · Above average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 404 New Jersey high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other New Jersey high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology
Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology is a career and technical high school in Newark, New Jersey, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Essex County Schools of Technology. The school is located in a large city in Essex County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 1,230 students were enrolled, with about 13.2 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical New Jersey high school (11.7 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is B (above average), compared with 404 New Jersey high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Career & Technical School · What this means
- Category
- Career and Technical School
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 1,230 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.2 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 13
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Essex County Schools of Technology
- County
- Essex County
- NCES school ID
- 340480002074
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.