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Elliott Street Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 721 Summer Avenue, Newark, Essex County, 07104

885
Pupils
14.8
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Elliott Street Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newark, Essex County. The school has 885 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Newark Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 21% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Newark Public School District

Enrollment & staffing

Elliott Street Elementary School enrolls 885 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 60 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.

Male students
430 (49%)
Female students
455 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
60
Student-teacher ratio
14.8:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Hispanic or Latino, 10% Black or African American and 1.8% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino77287%
Black or African American9010%
White161.8%
Asian3<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native3<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

746 of the school's 885 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 698 qualify for free lunch and 48 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.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“8Title I

Elliott Street Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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-80, state senate district 29, state house district 29.

School district: Newark Public School District

Elliott Street Elementary School is one of 63 schools in Newark Public School District, based in Newark, New Jersey. The district serves 44,199 students district-wide and employs 2,849 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 885 students, Elliott Street Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 702 students per school.

44,199
District students
63
Schools
2,849
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

21%
Reading proficient
29%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: City - Large

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