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Toussaint L'Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1204th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools
Better than 11% of New Jersey elementary schools
Summary

Toussaint L'Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6 is an elementary school in Elizabeth Public Schools district in New Jersey, serving grades PK-8 with 1,015 students. The school consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of New Jersey elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, and its academic performance is significantly below district and state averages.

Toussaint L'Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6 has high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 14.9% to 19.3% over the past few years, and over 80% of its students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high concentration of students from low-income families. Nearby schools in the district, such as Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30, generally perform better on key metrics like test scores and SchoolDigger rankings, despite also struggling academically.

The data suggests that Toussaint L'Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6 faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance, attendance, and socioeconomic factors. Addressing these issues will require a comprehensive and sustained effort from the school, district, and community stakeholders, including strategies to support students from low-income families and improve attendance rates.

1,001
Students ?
12.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$9,262
Per pupil spending ?
87.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1071 Julia St
       Elizabeth, NJ  07201-1554

(908) 436-5600

District: Elizabeth Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
72.6%
African American:
19.4%
White:
6.4%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 7th percentile in 2015 → 11th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (19% vs 45% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)
!Algebra I scores 32 pts below the New Jersey average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school19%
District avg32%
New Jersey avg45%
Elementary school
1,204th of 1,347
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 11%▲ up 3 pts since 2015
From bottom 7% (2015) to bottom 11% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
675th of 752
New Jersey public middle schools ?
Bottom 10%▼ down 4 pts since 2015
From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 10% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
19th of 24Elementary Schools in the Elizabeth Public Schools
494th of 609Elizabeth Public Schools among New Jersey districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202512.81204 of 134710.6%★☆☆☆☆
202410.81225 of 13388.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.31162 of 134213.4%★☆☆☆☆
202217.11119 of 134516.8%★☆☆☆☆
20219.81214 of 13177.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.71218 of 136010.4%★☆☆☆☆
20189.91230 of 13539.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20178.01262 of 13526.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20168.51244 of 13467.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20158.81256 of 13577.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201413.31206 of 136311.5%★☆☆☆☆
20137.01268 of 13677.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201214.41194 of 136312.4%★☆☆☆☆
20117.31265 of 13607.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20109.01246 of 13548.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200914.01191 of 134611.5%★☆☆☆☆
20087.21252 of 13386.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20077.41234 of 13297.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20062.81259 of 13144.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20055.11233 of 13035.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20046.61206 of 12987.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200312.51034 of 120414.1%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202536.1288 of 46337.8%★★☆☆☆
202433.8329 of 46929.9%★★☆☆☆
202331.8329 of 46328.9%★☆☆☆☆
202246.4255 of 49448.4%★★☆☆☆
202126.8372 of 45618.4%★☆☆☆☆
201933.2382 of 52226.8%★☆☆☆☆
201829.6365 of 51729.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202532.1400 of 59733.0%★★☆☆☆
202428.6412 of 55926.3%★☆☆☆☆
202333.4321 of 49935.7%★★☆☆☆
202233.1309 of 48936.8%★★☆☆☆
202126.8323 of 41121.4%★☆☆☆☆
201934.2296 of 46336.1%★★☆☆☆
201837.3262 of 43439.6%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202510.51202 of 13269.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.31193 of 13179.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.21137 of 131813.7%★☆☆☆☆
202216.01105 of 132616.7%★☆☆☆☆
202112.51156 of 129010.4%★☆☆☆☆
201914.71159 of 133112.9%★☆☆☆☆
201813.91155 of 133313.4%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202521.7833 of 103219.3%★☆☆☆☆
202419.2833 of 98915.8%★☆☆☆☆
202327.8709 of 98227.8%★☆☆☆☆
202230.7656 of 95331.2%★★☆☆☆
202125.3739 of 89617.5%★☆☆☆☆
201928.3652 of 89927.5%★☆☆☆☆
201826.2647 of 87025.6%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202528.2825 of 102319.4%★☆☆☆☆
202426.1725 of 93922.8%★☆☆☆☆
202339.4525 of 91042.3%★★☆☆☆
202241.7479 of 86344.5%★★☆☆☆
202129.7630 of 83924.9%★☆☆☆☆
201930.0669 of 94829.4%★☆☆☆☆
201824.3797 of 94215.4%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202517.11114 of 131815.5%★☆☆☆☆
202413.21145 of 131312.8%★☆☆☆☆
202317.41080 of 131517.9%★☆☆☆☆
202221.11022 of 132422.8%★☆☆☆☆
202110.31183 of 12978.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.41191 of 133510.8%★☆☆☆☆
20189.41221 of 13348.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202520.9837 of 102318.2%★☆☆☆☆
202420.2785 of 98920.6%★☆☆☆☆
202327.0657 of 95831.4%★★☆☆☆
202217.6810 of 94914.6%★☆☆☆☆
202117.3756 of 86812.9%★☆☆☆☆
201914.7894 of 100711.2%★☆☆☆☆
201812.7922 of 10017.9%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20259.6897 of 9707.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20221.1953 of 9762.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20190.4992 of 10233.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.0993 of 10222.8%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202512.9675 of 75210.2%★☆☆☆☆
202414.5661 of 74311.0%★☆☆☆☆
202314.2662 of 74811.5%★☆☆☆☆
202215.4645 of 74513.4%★☆☆☆☆
202110.2615 of 6525.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.9694 of 7456.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.1667 of 7166.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20179.5650 of 7128.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201615.9610 of 71314.4%★☆☆☆☆
201515.2611 of 71314.3%★☆☆☆☆
201413.4615 of 71714.2%★☆☆☆☆
201311.1613 of 70412.9%★☆☆☆☆
20129.9610 of 6779.9%★☆☆☆☆
20114.7644 of 6845.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20106.3628 of 6777.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20098.3599 of 6649.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20088.8577 of 6409.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20078.5570 of 6319.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20068.5553 of 61510.1%★☆☆☆☆
200510.6531 of 59911.4%★☆☆☆☆
20047.6527 of 58810.4%★☆☆☆☆
20034.8524 of 5748.7%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202540.7193 of 35946.2%★★☆☆☆
202432.6239 of 35232.1%★★☆☆☆
202332.1256 of 36129.1%★☆☆☆☆
202241.5203 of 35643.0%★★☆☆☆
202126.3237 of 29118.6%★☆☆☆☆
201925.7264 of 32619.0%★☆☆☆☆
201836.0210 of 32635.6%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202538.3194 of 34343.4%★★☆☆☆
202437.6184 of 32042.5%★★☆☆☆
202339.5160 of 28844.4%★★☆☆☆
202254.682 of 27069.6%★★★☆☆
202138.5114 of 19742.1%★★☆☆☆
201925.6175 of 22722.9%★☆☆☆☆
201835.3129 of 20236.1%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202514.2640 of 72812.1%★☆☆☆☆
202416.0621 of 71713.4%★☆☆☆☆
202317.5609 of 72015.4%★☆☆☆☆
202218.3610 of 72616.0%★☆☆☆☆
202112.0570 of 6258.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.3668 of 7035.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.6627 of 6807.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202523.0497 of 60818.3%★☆☆☆☆
202427.2454 of 58922.9%★☆☆☆☆
202327.5450 of 58723.3%★☆☆☆☆
202228.5441 of 59125.4%★☆☆☆☆
202121.8409 of 48014.8%★☆☆☆☆
201916.0463 of 52411.6%★☆☆☆☆
201818.7436 of 50413.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202531.7446 of 61327.2%★☆☆☆☆
202433.8398 of 58431.8%★★☆☆☆
202336.9348 of 56838.7%★★☆☆☆
202237.5330 of 54939.9%★★☆☆☆
202123.9363 of 46722.3%★☆☆☆☆
201919.4439 of 54118.9%★☆☆☆☆
201822.5416 of 52220.3%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202519.0603 of 72616.9%★☆☆☆☆
202419.2602 of 71916.3%★☆☆☆☆
202316.3620 of 71813.6%★☆☆☆☆
202218.3605 of 73017.1%★☆☆☆☆
202112.0583 of 6358.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.4613 of 69712.1%★☆☆☆☆
201811.6610 of 6759.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202525.8396 of 50721.9%★☆☆☆☆
202436.5307 of 51039.8%★★☆☆☆
202337.2289 of 50542.8%★★☆☆☆
202233.3329 of 53538.5%★★☆☆☆
202114.4387 of 4013.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.6417 of 49215.2%★☆☆☆☆
201816.7445 of 4715.5%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
African American (2025)38th percentile+27 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)33rd percentile+22 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)19th percentile+9 vs school
Hispanic (2025)19th percentile+9 vs school
Special Education (2025)18th percentile+8 vs school
Male (2025)15th percentile+5 vs school
Female (2025)9th percentile~ school
White (2025)8th percentile-3 vs school
Middle school
African American (2025)46th percentile+36 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)43rd percentile+33 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)27th percentile+17 vs school
Special Education (2025)22nd percentile+12 vs school
Hispanic (2025)18th percentile+8 vs school
Male (2025)17th percentile+7 vs school
Female (2025)12th percentile~ school
By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts24%-30 vs state
Mathematics21%-23 vs state
Algebra I13%-32 vs state
Science5%-20 vs state

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Toussaint L'Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6 ranks in the bottom 10.6% of New Jersey elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,001 students attended Toussaint L'Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6.

Students at Toussaint L'Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6 are 73% Hispanic, 19% African American, 6% White, 1% Asian.


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