Simon Youth Academy
Elizabeth · NJ · Union County Vocational-Technical School District · Public
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Bayonne Academy → ESSEX RCH → NORTHERN STATE PRISON → Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery HS → ESSEX REGIONAL SCHOOL → Work Readiness Academy → Regional Day School → ESSEX CO JDC →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, 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: Bayonne Academy, ESSEX RCH, NORTHERN STATE PRISON 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.
🏛️ 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.
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 -26.5%/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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayonne Academy Bayonne |
Public | 2.8 | 3 | — |
| ESSEX RCH NEWARK |
Public | 6.1 | 9 | — |
| NORTHERN STATE PRISON NEWARK |
Public | 3.6 | — | — |
| Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery HS Roselle |
Public | 4.8 | 10 | — |
| ESSEX REGIONAL SCHOOL Newark |
Public | 7.0 | 1 | — |
| Work Readiness Academy Union |
Public | 4.7 | 23 | — |
| Regional Day School JERSEY CITY |
Public | 6.9 | 32 | — |
| ESSEX CO JDC NEWARK |
Public | 6.1 | 73 | — |