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Speedway Avenue School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newark, Essex County. The school has 566 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 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 4% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Speedway Avenue School enrolls 566 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Black or African American, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 462 | 82% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 86 | 15% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | 1.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
488 of the school's 566 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 470 qualify for free lunch and 18 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.
Speedway 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 28, state house district 28.
Speedway 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 566 students, Speedway Avenue School is smaller 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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