with an increasing population in the city and the 1954 "brown v. board of education" ruling, the current incarnation of newark high school opened as an integrated school able to serve a student population of around 1,000. at a cost of $3,532,312.24, the facility at 750 east delaware avenue was completed in 1956. it was not quite ready for the first day of school, and split sessions were used to begin the year. in october 1956, the 10-12th graders came to the academy street address, collected their books and walked a half mile to the new school.