The Newark Public Schools is the largest school system in New Jersey, serving roughly 40,000 students from mostly low-income black and Latino backgrounds. Like other urban school districts with similar demographic characteristics, NPS is endeavoring in the face of great social and economic obstacles to prepare all of its students with the skills needed for college and future careers. According to the NPS school website, in 2010 only about 40 percent of NPS high school students were deemed “proficient” in mathematics and reading, and just 55 percent graduated from high school (NPS, 2012). One goal of NPS in the coming years is to increase the number of high school graduates who are prepared to enter college and earn a degree. Incorporated in this vision are the three goals of “Excellence, Efficiency, and Equity,” which basically equates to giving every student an equal chance to succeed in school and access to an efficient, high quality education (NPS, 2012). This report examines in great detail the post-secondary (after high school) academic experiences of NPS high school graduates from 2004 through 2011. The analyses show large numbers of NPS graduates go onto college, and some succeed in earning college degrees; a few go onto graduate education. On the other hand, too few students go onto college and far too few earn a college degree. We hope that the results presented here can lead to the discussions needed to develop an educational system in Newark that is indeed marked by “Excellence, Efficiency, and Equity.”