Education Alternatives in Newark, NJ

The Newark Public Schools is a state-operated Abbot school district and presently enrolls approximately 45,000 students, making it the largest school system in New Jersey.

Link Community School is a non-denominational coeducational day school located serving approximately 128 students in seventh and eighth grades. Saint Benedict's Preparatory School is an all-boys Roman Catholic high school and conducted by the Benedictine monks of Newark Abbey. Its campus has grown to encompass both sides of MLK Jr. Blvd. near Market Street and includes a dormitory for boarding students.

Newark is the home of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rutgers University - Newark, Seton Hall University School of Law, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and Essex County College. Most of Newark's academic institutions are located in the city's University Heights district. Rutgers-Newark and NJIT are in the midst of major expansion programs, including plans to purchase, and sometimes raze, surrounding buildings, as well as revitalize current campuses. With more students' requesting to live on campus, the universities have plans to build and expand several dormitories.