 The school was integrated into the Newark Public School system in 1996 after formerly serving as a Newark State Teachers College (now Kean University) and the Center of Occupations and Education Development (COED) and is located in a building designed by Guilbert and Betelle in 1913.As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 609 students and 57.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7