📍 44-48 Hermon Street, Newark, Essex County, 07105
South Street Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newark, Essex County. The school has 864 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 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
South Street Elementary School enrolls 864 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 64 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% Hispanic or Latino, 21% White and 6.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 619 | 72% |
| White | 181 | 21% |
| Black or African American | 53 | 6.1% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
763 of the school's 864 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 667 qualify for free lunch and 96 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.
South 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 29, state house district 29.
South 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 864 students, South Street Elementary 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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