📍 214 First Ave, Newark, Essex County, 07107
First Avenue School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newark, Essex County. The school has 1,083 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Newark Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
First Avenue School enrolls 1,083 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 75 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 7.1% Black or African American and 2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 935 | 86% |
| Black or African American | 77 | 7.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 22 | 2% |
| White | 19 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 18 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
922 of the school's 1,083 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 817 qualify for free lunch and 105 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.
First Avenue 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 28, state house district 28.
First Avenue 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 1,083 students, First Avenue School is larger than the district average of about 702 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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