Summary:
The East Newark School District has only one elementary school, East Newark Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 15-20% of New Jersey elementary schools over the past three school years, with a ranking between 1,055 and 1,234 out of around 1,340 schools.
East Newark Elementary School's performance on state assessments is significantly below the state average. In the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts ranged from 4.5% (4th grade) to 45.5% (5th grade), compared to the state averages of 44.9% to 57.1%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 0% (6th grade) to 43.5% (3rd grade), compared to state averages of 20.7% to 49.8%. The school's science proficiency rates are also well below the state averages, with 5th grade at 18.2% and 8th grade at 0%, compared to state averages of 30.1% and 19%, respectively.
The school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 84.58% in 2023-2024, and a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.3 to 1 in 2023-2024. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $10,532. These factors suggest that the school may be facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students, and a targeted, data-driven approach may be needed to address the specific instructional and support needs of the students.
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