Work Readiness Academy
Union · NJ · Union County Educational Services Commission · Public
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Westlake → Lamberts Mill Academy → Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery HS → NORTHERN STATE PRISON → ESSEX RCH → ESSEX CO JDC → NJ Regional Day School - Newark → Hillcrest Academy-South →📋 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 Work Readiness Academy compares for families
What families should know about Work Readiness Academy.
- ▸ LocallyNJ students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+12 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Westlake, Lamberts Mill Academy, Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery HS 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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ 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.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $24,406/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +9.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 23 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake Westfield |
Public | 5.9 | 32 | — |
| Lamberts Mill Academy WESTFIELD |
Public | 5.9 | 38 | — |
| Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery HS Roselle |
Public | 2.2 | 10 | — |
| NORTHERN STATE PRISON NEWARK |
Public | 4.6 | — | — |
| ESSEX RCH NEWARK |
Public | 5.1 | 9 | — |
| ESSEX CO JDC NEWARK |
Public | 5.3 | 73 | — |
| NJ Regional Day School - Newark NEWARK |
Public | 2.3 | 97 | — |
| Hillcrest Academy-South WESTFIELD |
Public | 5.9 | 87 | +16.0% |