Summary
Avon Avenue School is a PK–8 school serving 485 students in Newark, in the Newark Public School District. The most important finding for families is that, despite some improvement, its academic results remain well below state averages: in 2025–2026, its grade-averaged results were about 23% proficient in English language arts (ELA), 15% in math and 4% in science, compared with 51%, 40% and 23% statewide.
Compared with nearby schools serving grades 3–8, the school is around the middle in ELA and math, but science is a relative weakness. It ranked fifth of 10 on both ELA and math, averaging 23% in ELA versus 21% for nearby schools, and 15% in math versus 13%. Its 4% science average was slightly below the nearby average of 5%. Compared with the district, ELA was about 5 points lower and math about 7 points lower; science was also below the district average. Results differ by grade: grade 8 ELA reached 37%, second-highest among the 10 nearby full-span schools, while grade 3 ELA was 9% and grade 5 math was 10%. These averages show why a single schoolwide picture can miss important grade-level differences.
Results have improved overall since 2023–2024, though not steadily: ELA rose from 16% to 23%, math from 4% to 15%, and science from 0% to 4% by 2025–2026. SchoolDigger gives the school a 7th-percentile ranking and 0 stars, up from the 4th percentile in 2023–2024; nearby schools range from the 1st to 53rd percentile. One notable relative strength is SchoolDigger’s ranking for Special Education Students: the school was at the 21st percentile in 2024–2025, compared with its overall 6th percentile that year. The student-teacher ratio was 13.1 in 2024–2025. That year, 78% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with an 83% average among nearby schools reporting the same measure. Chronic absenteeism also fell from 21% in 2023–2024 to 6% in 2024–2025, below the district’s 10% and the state’s 14%.
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