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Chancellor Avenue Elementary School

Public Grades K-5

1171^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 13% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Chancellor Avenue Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Irvington, New Jersey, serving 467 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Irvington Public School District, which is ranked 598 out of 609 school districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Chancellor Avenue Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom 15% of New Jersey elementary schools, with low proficiency rates on state assessments. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 26.6% of 3rd graders, 31.7% of 4th graders, and 30.2% of 5th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 44.9%, 53.6%, and 52.7%, respectively. The school's mathematics proficiency rates were also low, with only 34.5% of 3rd graders, 12.2% of 4th graders, and 19.5% of 5th graders scoring proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 49.8%, 46.7%, and 44.2%. The school's performance on the science assessment was particularly low, with only 8% of 5th graders scoring proficient or better, compared to the state average of 30.1%.

While the nearby Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School, Madison Avenue, and Florence Avenue Elementary School also perform poorly compared to state averages, they generally outperform Chancellor Avenue Elementary School in academic metrics. Additionally, Chancellor Avenue Elementary School has a higher percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 61.67%, compared to the nearby schools, which range from 49.46% to 68.79%. The school's per-student spending of $8,796 in the 2018-2019 school year is higher than some of the nearby schools, but its student-teacher ratio of 13.3 in the 2023-2024 school year is also higher than the nearby schools, which range from 7.9 to 17.4 students per teacher.

455

Students ?

12.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,796

Per pupil spending ?

85.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

844 Chancellor Avenue
Irvington, NJ 07111

(973) 399-6858

District: Irvington Public School District

Students who attend Chancellor Avenue Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Union Avenue Middle School
	University Middle School
High:	Irvington High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

73.0%

Hispanic:

25.7%

White:

0.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 10th percentile in 2015 → 13th in 2025

Strengths

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Irvington Public School District

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (23% vs 46% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 25 pts below the New Jersey average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg18%

New Jersey avg46%

1,171^st of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 13%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 10% (2015) to bottom 13% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 8Elementary Schools in the Irvington Public School District

598^th of 609Irvington Public School District 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	15.2	1171 of 1347	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.9	1144 of 1338	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	1149 of 1342	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.2	1154 of 1345	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.4	1202 of 1317	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.9	1310 of 1360	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.7	1267 of 1353	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.1	1257 of 1352	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	10.3	1218 of 1346	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	11.5	1223 of 1357	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	27.3	1080 of 1363	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	15.9	1186 of 1367	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	25.7	1097 of 1363	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	21.9	1143 of 1360	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	34.6	1014 of 1354	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	25.5	1104 of 1346	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	27.3	1101 of 1338	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	32.2	1056 of 1329	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	33.5	1023 of 1314	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	44.4	890 of 1303	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2004	21.5	1096 of 1298	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	55.0	662 of 1204	45.0%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	46.5	220 of 463	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.3	286 of 469	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.9	269 of 463	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.1	312 of 494	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.3	343 of 456	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.0	443 of 522	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.2	348 of 517	32.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	40.2	322 of 597	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.5	313 of 559	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.0	285 of 499	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.6	284 of 489	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.7	293 of 411	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.2	434 of 463	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.4	417 of 434	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	15.3	1124 of 1326	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.3	1051 of 1317	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.7	1094 of 1318	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.9	1080 of 1326	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.5	1154 of 1290	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	5.8	1262 of 1331	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.2	1219 of 1333	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	16.2	891 of 1032	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	45.9	493 of 989	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	20.3	805 of 982	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	48.5	426 of 953	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	16.6	845 of 896	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.5	822 of 899	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	32.5	765 of 1023	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.0	635 of 939	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.0	514 of 910	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.4	417 of 863	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	26.2	659 of 839	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.0	798 of 948	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.4	796 of 942	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	16.8	1119 of 1318	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.1	1133 of 1313	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.4	1099 of 1315	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	1125 of 1324	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.7	1153 of 1297	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	6.3	1261 of 1335	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.3	1223 of 1334	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2019	21.4	782 of 1007	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.2	850 of 1001	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2025)52nd percentile+39 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)46th percentile+33 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)25th percentile+12 vs school

Special Education (2019)22nd percentile+19 vs school

Female (2025)15th percentile~ school

Male (2025)15th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)14th percentile~ school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts30%-21 vs state

Mathematics22%-25 vs state

Science8%-22 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)				NJSLA Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Chancellor Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	844 Chancellor Avenue	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6858	455	36	12.8	85.3%	2 (0.4%)	332 (73.0%)	117 (25.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	15.2	1171^st of 1347 public elementary schools	13.1%		14.9	1144^th of 1338 public elementary schools	14.5%	27	8.0	26.6	31.7	30.2		34.5	12.2	19.5		$8,796	$165	$8,631
Florence Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	1324 Springfield Avenue	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6861	694	40	17.5	86.6%	1 (0.1%)	246 (35.4%)	446 (64.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	9.3	1264^th of 1347 public elementary schools	6.2%		9.3	1249^th of 1338 public elementary schools	6.7%	15	2.4	22.0	17.4	19.7		20.5	18.9	17.7		$7,690	$153	$7,537
Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	54 Mt Vernon Avenue	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6875	605	43	14.2	63.0%	5 (0.8%)	454 (75.0%)	143 (23.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11.3	1227^th of 1347 public elementary schools	8.9%		12.8	1189^th of 1338 public elementary schools	11.1%	38	10.0	20.8	20.5	28.4		11.3	19.1	22.3		$7,174	$155	$7,019
Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School	Public	K-5	274 Boyden Ave	Maplewood	07040	Essex County	South Orange-Maplewood School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 378-5209	423	46	9.1	22.7%	180 (42.6%)	135 (31.9%)	55 (13.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	45 (10.6%)	58.1	572^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	57.5%		52.2	642^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	52.0%	70	31.0	56.9	72.5	52.2		53.8	53.2	38.1		$6,478		$6,478
Franklin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1500 Lindy Terrace	Union	07083	Union County	Township of Union School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 851-6450	453	45	10.0	63.6%	22 (4.9%)	291 (64.2%)	96 (21.2%)	28 (6.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	20.9	1083^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	19.6%		15.6	1138^th of 1338 public elementary schools	14.9%	55		29.6	40.7			32.1	20.9			$8,711	$368	$8,343
Ola Edwards Community School	Public	2-6	1530 Leslie St	Hillside	07205	Union County	Hillside Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 352-7664	391	34	11.5	82.9%	38 (9.7%)	188 (48.1%)	154 (39.4%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	34.7	886^th of 1347 public elementary schools	34.2%		33.8	885^th of 1338 public elementary schools	33.9%	1	20.2	36.6	34.6	58.8	61.9	40.0	19.3	43.4	18.0	$5,766		$5,766
Burch Charter School of Excellence	Public, Charter	K-5	100 Linden Ave	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Burch Charter School of Excellence	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 373-3223	335	19	17.6	66.0%	0 (0.0%)	320 (95.5%)	15 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15.2	1168^th of 1347 public elementary schools	13.3%		16.8	1118^th of 1338 public elementary schools	16.4%	50	18.4	23.5	27.8	18.4		27.5	20.4	26.3		$8,329	$796	$7,533
Deanna G. Taylor Academy	Public	2-6	614 Tillman St	Hillside	07205	Union County	Hillside Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 352-7664	202	20	10.1	72.8%	20 (9.9%)	111 (55.0%)	62 (30.7%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	3 (1.5%)	20.1	1096^th of 1347 public elementary schools	18.6%		26.3	991^st of 1338 public elementary schools	25.9%	105	11.1	31.6	42.9	42.4	33.4	30.0	25.0	13.9	15.0	$13,412		$13,412
Madison Avenue	Public	PK, KG-5	173 Madison Avenue	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6871	524	32	16.6	69.8%	2 (0.4%)	316 (60.3%)	202 (38.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	6.7	1298^th of 1347 public elementary schools	3.6%		6.3	1292^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	3.4%	6	6.4	9.5	24.6	12.7		11.1	14.5	11.1		$10,223	$135	$10,088
Clinton Elementary School	Public	K-5	27 Berkshire Rd	Maplewood	07040	Essex County	South Orange-Maplewood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 378-7686	542	55	9.8	22.9%	278 (51.3%)	130 (24.0%)	78 (14.4%)	17 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.2%)	71.9	392^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	70.9%		72.9	382^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	71.4%	10	44.8	60.9	75.0	61.9		69.6	55.7	47.3		$5,261		$5,261

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