City: Newark
State: New Jersey
Best Cities Overall Rank: 40
About Newark: New Jersey is a proud harvester of cranberries.
Newark has an excellent education system: Preschools rank 91 and grade schools rank 100 in reading and 98 in math. The total expenditure per student is $25,343 and the high school graduation rate was 94% in 2008.
County: Essex
Population: 278,980
Official website for city visitors' bureau/city: Visitor's Bureau Website
Newspaper with the largest circulation: The Star-Ledger
Newark blogs: The Daily Newarker
Newark's Facebook page: Follow Newark on Facebook
Newark's Twitter page: Follow Newark on Twitter
Education rank: 13
High School graduation rate 2008: 94.05%
Blue Ribbon Schools, 2003-2009: 4
Blue Ribbon Schools per 100,000 people: 1.43
NEAYC-accredited preschools: 25
NAEYC schools per 100,000 people: 8.96
NAEP State proficiency reading, grade 8: 273
Pupil/Teacher Ratio: 14.19
Total Expenditures Per Student: $25,343
Health rank: 63
Quality children's hospitals: 1
Hospitals per 100,000 people: 0.36
Quality Pediatricians: 0
Quality Pediatricians per 100,000: 0
Average number of Unhealthy Air Quality days between 2006-2008, by county: 0
Safety rank: 43
Violent Crimes, 2008: 2660
Violent Crime Rate per 100,000: 953.48
Sex Offenders: 269
Sex Offenders per 100,000: 96.42
Economy rank: 75
Travel time to work, 2006-2008, in minutes: 30.89
Percent of labor force unemployed, January 2010: 9.69
Best Performing Cities Job Index: 1180.57
Median Home Sale Price: $216,100
5-Year Home Value Index: 0.90%
Percent of homes sold for a loss: 59.60%
Recreation Rank: 101
Parkland acreage, 2008 (includes pools and playgrounds): 80
Parkland per 100,000: 28.68
