📍 1324 Springfield Avenue, Irvington, Essex County, 07111
Florence Avenue Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Irvington, Essex County. The school has 639 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Irvington Public School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 1% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Florence Avenue Elementary School enrolls 639 students across grades K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 37% Black or African American and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 395 | 62% |
| Black or African American | 239 | 37% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
302 of the school's 639 students (47%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 293 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Florence Avenue Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 28, state house district 28.
Florence Avenue Elementary School is one of 12 schools in Irvington Public School District, based in IRVINGTON, New Jersey. The district serves 8,265 students district-wide and employs 527 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 639 students, Florence Avenue Elementary School is close to the district average of about 689 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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