Malcolm X Shabazz High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school. Built in 1912, the school was originally constructed as Southside High School and Newark Junior College. It was renamed in 1972 in memory of Malcolm X Shabazz.

As the community grew, there was a need to expand our school. As a result, an addition was constructed in 1976, and the building remained unchanged until 2004 when the gymnasium was totally renovated.

However in 2001, a new athletic field( the first in the District in over thirty years) was constructed which features a baseball field, a football field, a field house, a concession stand, athletic locker rooms and tennis courts.

The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools until July 2031