The following is a list of schools of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. As of the Fall of 1987, there were 40 high schools and 187 elementary schools in the four counties of the archdiocese.[1] At the start of the school year in 2023, there were 22 high schools[2] and 49 elementary schools.[3]
The archdiocese closed nine schools in the period from 1989 to 1995.[23] From 1999 to 2014 the student body decreased to only 60% of the initial total.[24] In 2005 seven schools consolidated and/or closed.[10]
From 1998 to 2008 the archdiocese closed about 25% of its schools.[25] Three more schools were shuttered and an additional seven merged in 2009. In 2010 and 2012 it closed six elementary schools each.[26] In addition, in the latter year, one high school was closed and one PK-8 school became preschool/kindergarten only.[22] The 2012 closures were influenced by the schools taking funds from their congregations while their enrollment numbers declined.[27] In 2014 the archdiocese four elementary schools, with one in each of its counties; after those closures it had 70 elementary schools remaining.[26] In 2020 it closed one high school and nine K-8 schools due to a decrease in enrollments.[28]
Circa 2008 the archdiocese considered 225 to be the minimal optimal enrollment for a K-8 school.[25]
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Christ the Teacher Interparochial School is a co-sponsored school[...]Madonna School building.does not list Epiphany Church as it had not yet merged. Also see: "CHRIST THE TEACHER SCHOOL Registration Form Grades K-8". Christ the Teacher School. Retrieved 2020-06-22. which lists the associated parishes.
A combination of declining enrollment[...]according to the archdiocese.