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Salome Urena Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newark, Essex County. The school has 443 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 11.1:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Salome Urena Elementary School enrolls 443 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 12% Black or African American and 2.9% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 359 | 81% |
| Black or African American | 53 | 12% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 13 | 2.9% |
| White | 9 | 2% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
358 of the school's 443 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 317 qualify for free lunch and 41 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.
Salome Urena 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 28, state house district 28.
Salome Urena 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 443 students, Salome Urena Elementary 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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