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Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1238th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools
Better than 8% of New Jersey elementary schools
Summary

Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School is a public school in Newark, New Jersey, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 737 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of New Jersey elementary schools over the past 10 years, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School significantly underperforms state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 26.2% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 44.9% statewide and 27.7% in the Newark district. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 9.0% to 16.6% over the past few years. Additionally, 86.43% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a predominantly low-income student population.

When compared to nearby schools, such as First Avenue School, which is located just 0.54 miles away, Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School consistently underperforms in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency. The school's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25% of New Jersey elementary schools for African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students. Despite being a low-performing school for many years, Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School has not shown significant improvement in its academic outcomes or overall school ranking.

690
Students ?
14.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$9,470
Per pupil spending ?
88.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 291 N 7th St
       Newark, NJ  07107-1799

(973) 268-5260

District: Newark Public School District


Students who attend Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Barringer High School
    Central High School
    East Side High School
    Malcolm X Shabazz High School
    More...
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
79.6%
African American:
19.9%
Two or more races:
0.4%
more
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2015 → 8th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (16% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)
!English Language Arts scores 34 pts below the New Jersey average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school16%
District avg24%
New Jersey avg44%
Elementary school
1,238th of 1,347
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 8%▲ up 2 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
673rd of 752
New Jersey public middle schools ?
Bottom 11%▲ up 7 pts since 2015
From bottom 4% (2015) to bottom 11% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of New Jersey Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
23rd of 38Elementary Schools in the Newark Public School District
534th of 609Newark 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)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202510.81238 of 13478.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.31233 of 13387.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.31261 of 13426.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.01280 of 13454.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.01313 of 13170.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.91328 of 13602.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.91309 of 13533.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.71265 of 13526.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20165.41291 of 13464.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20157.61275 of 13576.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20141.61339 of 13631.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20134.01309 of 13674.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20121.01348 of 13631.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20117.21267 of 13606.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20106.81263 of 13546.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20096.91262 of 13466.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20087.11255 of 13386.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20076.21248 of 13296.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20064.01242 of 13145.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20050.71288 of 13031.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20041.51262 of 12982.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20035.91098 of 12048.8%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202520.2356 of 46323.1%★☆☆☆☆
202429.4350 of 46925.4%★☆☆☆☆
202329.4356 of 46323.1%★☆☆☆☆
202226.2389 of 49421.3%★☆☆☆☆
202115.9443 of 4562.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.2485 of 5227.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.4437 of 51715.5%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202533.1388 of 59735.0%★★☆☆☆
202433.0367 of 55934.3%★★☆☆☆
202325.4398 of 49920.2%★☆☆☆☆
202225.4380 of 48922.3%★☆☆☆☆
202122.1363 of 41111.7%★☆☆☆☆
201918.6396 of 46314.5%★☆☆☆☆
201824.5335 of 43422.8%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20259.51220 of 13268.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.91167 of 131711.4%★☆☆☆☆
202310.01207 of 13188.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.51237 of 13266.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.41285 of 12900.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.61266 of 13314.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.31275 of 13334.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202522.4823 of 103220.3%★☆☆☆☆
202419.4829 of 98916.2%★☆☆☆☆
202317.3849 of 98213.5%★☆☆☆☆
202214.8837 of 95312.2%★☆☆☆☆
202110.9888 of 8960.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.7812 of 8999.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.2778 of 87010.6%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202522.7887 of 102313.3%★☆☆☆☆
202429.4678 of 93927.8%★☆☆☆☆
202324.4693 of 91023.8%★☆☆☆☆
202216.9728 of 86315.6%★☆☆☆☆
201910.3816 of 94813.9%★☆☆☆☆
201811.8900 of 9424.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202515.11140 of 131813.5%★☆☆☆☆
202411.01189 of 13139.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.81185 of 13159.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.11234 of 13246.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.61274 of 12971.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.91292 of 13353.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.61272 of 13344.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202518.5880 of 102314.0%★☆☆☆☆
202414.0917 of 9897.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.3869 of 9589.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.0906 of 9494.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.3831 of 8684.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.1914 of 10079.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.2931 of 10017.0%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202513.0673 of 75210.5%★☆☆☆☆
202411.9691 of 7437.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.2696 of 7487.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.8706 of 7455.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.4644 of 6521.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.3688 of 7457.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.7684 of 7164.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20179.3653 of 7128.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20166.8684 of 7134.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20156.6686 of 7133.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20141.1704 of 7171.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20134.2663 of 7045.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20127.6623 of 6778.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201110.3611 of 68410.7%★☆☆☆☆
20107.6623 of 6778.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20097.5604 of 6649.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20088.8576 of 64010.0%★☆☆☆☆
20077.8575 of 6318.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20066.0563 of 6158.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20056.4545 of 5999.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20047.6525 of 58810.7%★☆☆☆☆
20034.6528 of 5748.0%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202531.5250 of 35930.4%★★☆☆☆
202420.6295 of 35216.2%★☆☆☆☆
202324.7303 of 36116.1%★☆☆☆☆
202220.0325 of 3568.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.3272 of 2916.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201923.2275 of 32615.6%★☆☆☆☆
201820.4260 of 32620.2%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202541.6181 of 34347.2%★★☆☆☆
202435.4202 of 32036.9%★★☆☆☆
202327.3228 of 28820.8%★☆☆☆☆
202233.1186 of 27031.1%★★☆☆☆
202144.084 of 19757.4%★★★☆☆
201925.3177 of 22722.0%★☆☆☆☆
201824.2162 of 20219.8%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202513.3653 of 72810.3%★☆☆☆☆
202412.5663 of 7177.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.8663 of 7207.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.2668 of 7268.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.6611 of 6252.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.0645 of 7038.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.7649 of 6804.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202520.4511 of 60816.0%★☆☆☆☆
202418.9514 of 58912.7%★☆☆☆☆
202317.1521 of 58711.2%★☆☆☆☆
202216.8534 of 5919.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.8466 of 4802.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.1480 of 5248.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.2470 of 5046.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202520.1535 of 61312.7%★☆☆☆☆
202424.4467 of 58420.0%★☆☆☆☆
202321.0464 of 56818.3%★☆☆☆☆
202220.8444 of 54919.1%★☆☆☆☆
201915.1464 of 54114.2%★☆☆☆☆
20186.4474 of 5229.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202514.6641 of 72611.7%★☆☆☆☆
202413.7648 of 7199.9%★☆☆☆☆
202312.8654 of 7188.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.9678 of 7307.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.1621 of 6352.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.3651 of 6976.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.8642 of 6754.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202516.3493 of 5072.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202423.0443 of 51013.1%★☆☆☆☆
202318.6478 of 5055.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202221.5476 of 53511.0%★☆☆☆☆
202114.3388 of 4013.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.5480 of 4922.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.4467 of 4710.8%☆☆☆☆☆
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
English Language Learner (2025)35th percentile+27 vs school
African American (2025)23rd percentile+15 vs school
Hispanic (2025)20th percentile+12 vs school
Special Education (2025)14th percentile+6 vs school
Male (2025)14th percentile+5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)13th percentile+5 vs school
Female (2025)8th percentile~ school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2025)47th percentile+37 vs school
African American (2025)30th percentile+20 vs school
Hispanic (2025)16th percentile+5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)13th percentile~ school
Male (2025)12th percentile~ school
Female (2025)10th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)3rd percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts20%-34 vs state
Mathematics18%-23 vs state
Science1%-23 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 690 students attended Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School.

Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School ranks in the bottom 8.1% of New Jersey elementary schools.

Students at Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School are 80% Hispanic, 20% African American.


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