📍 142 Mount Vernon Pl, Newark, Essex County, 07106
Mt Vernon Place School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newark, Essex County. The school has 809 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 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 13% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mt Vernon Place School enrolls 809 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Hispanic or Latino, 39% Black or African American and 14% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 373 | 46% |
| Black or African American | 312 | 39% |
| Asian | 111 | 14% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | <1% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
637 of the school's 809 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 590 qualify for free lunch and 47 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.
Mt Vernon Place 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 28, state house district 28.
Mt Vernon Place 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 809 students, Mt Vernon Place 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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