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Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8

1207^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 10% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Harriet Tubman Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Newark, New Jersey, part of the Newark Public School District. With 319 students, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of New Jersey elementary schools over the past decade, earning a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Harriet Tubman Elementary School significantly underperforms the district and state averages. In 2024-2025, only 12% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 27.7% in the district and 44.9% statewide. Math proficiency rates ranged from 2.3% for 8th grade to 29.4% for 4th grade, well below the district and state. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, from 11.5% to 27.5% over the past few years, much higher than the state average. With over 80% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, Harriet Tubman serves a high-poverty population.

Interestingly, nearby schools in the Newark district, such as Thirteenth Avenue School, Avon Avenue School, and Camden Street Elementary School, also perform poorly, suggesting systemic challenges within the district. However, Michelle Obama Elementary School, also located nearby, significantly outperforms the district and state, demonstrating that high-performing schools can exist in high-poverty areas with the right resources and strategies.

298

Students ?

11.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,921

Per pupil spending ?

84.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

504 S Tenth St
Newark, NJ 07103-1802

(973) 733-6934

District: Newark Public School District

Students who attend Harriet Tubman Elementary School usually attend:

High:	Barringer High School
	Central High School
	East Side High School
	Malcolm X Shabazz High School
	More...
	Technology High School
	Weequahic High School
	West Side High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

85.6%

Hispanic:

12.1%

Two or more races:

1.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 21st percentile in 2015 → 10th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (17% vs 44% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (28% vs 15% New Jersey)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school17%

District avg24%

New Jersey avg44%

Elementary school

1,207^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 10%▼ down 11 pts since 2015

From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 10% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

670^th of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 7 pts since 2021

From bottom 17% (2021) to bottom 11% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

20^th of 38Elementary Schools in the Newark Public School District

534^th 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	12.6	1207 of 1347	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.4	1177 of 1338	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	8.5	1270 of 1342	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.1	1263 of 1345	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.2	1229 of 1317	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.0	1142 of 1360	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.0	1194 of 1353	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	10.9	1210 of 1352	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	7.1	1266 of 1346	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	22.4	1073 of 1357	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	21.3	1136 of 1363	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	22.5	1127 of 1367	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	22.9	1124 of 1363	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	40.3	956 of 1360	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	48.7	845 of 1354	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2009	49.2	825 of 1346	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2008	78.9	199 of 1338	85.1%	★★★★☆
2007	70.2	461 of 1329	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2006	50.7	826 of 1314	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2005	54.6	761 of 1303	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2004	55.1	742 of 1298	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2003	21.6	967 of 1204	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	36.5	285 of 463	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.6	292 of 469	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.8	377 of 463	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.6	368 of 494	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.3	350 of 456	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	52.0	239 of 522	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	45.8	249 of 517	51.8%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	10.7	1197 of 1326	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.4	1148 of 1317	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.7	1211 of 1318	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	1221 of 1326	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.4	1183 of 1290	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.5	1031 of 1331	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.1	1135 of 1333	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2022	8.6	892 of 953	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	857 of 1023	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	8.4	802 of 910	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.1	771 of 863	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.8	501 of 948	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.8	729 of 942	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	11.9	1185 of 1318	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.2	1131 of 1313	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.3	1195 of 1315	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.6	1201 of 1324	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.2	1190 of 1297	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.2	1144 of 1335	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.8	1170 of 1334	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	18.9	873 of 1023	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	869 of 989	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.7	847 of 958	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.0	701 of 868	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.5	897 of 1007	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.6	908 of 1001	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	13.4	670 of 752	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.4	639 of 743	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.9	681 of 748	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.3	648 of 745	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.8	538 of 652	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	31.6	249 of 359	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.4	275 of 361	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	38.3	218 of 356	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	44.3	141 of 291	51.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	17.1	616 of 728	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.5	616 of 717	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.5	653 of 720	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.7	592 of 726	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.7	530 of 625	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	19.8	537 of 613	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.3	399 of 568	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	18.9	382 of 467	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	12.9	668 of 726	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.4	617 of 719	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.9	611 of 718	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.2	674 of 730	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.7	488 of 635	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2024	19.0	474 of 510	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.8	370 of 401	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

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+28 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)16th percentile+6 vs school

Special Education (2025)15th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)10th percentile~ school

Female (2025)10th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2022)6th percentile~ school

Middle school

African American (2025)31st percentile+20 vs school

Female (2025)15th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile~ school

Male (2025)8th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2024)7th percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts27%-27 vs state

Mathematics12%-29 vs state

Science4%-21 vs state

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Schools Near Harriet Tubman Elementary School

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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-S Science 8th 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 English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Harriet Tubman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	504 S Tenth St	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-6934	298	26	11.4	84.2%	0 (0.0%)	255 (85.6%)	36 (12.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	12.6	1207^th of 1347 public elementary schools	10.4%		13.4	1177^th of 1338 public elementary schools	12.0%	30	3.8	4.0	12.0	52.9	18.5	30.3	25.0	29.2	16.0	29.4	15.4	5.9	16.7	2.3	$9,921	$469	$9,452
Michelle Obama Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	186 14th Avenue	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 662-2621	198	18	11.0	85.4%	0 (0.0%)	162 (81.8%)	30 (15.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	81.6	264^th of 1347 public elementary schools	80.4%					(n/a)	16.7		79.4	76.9	66.6				67.7	92.3	83.3
Camden Street Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	281 Camden St	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-6994	685	44	15.5	86.0%	6 (0.9%)	360 (52.6%)	308 (45.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.7%)	5.1	1322^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	1.9%		6.1	1296^th of 1338 public elementary schools	3.1%	26	1.9	1.7	13.2	11.1	11.8	14.3	33.9	25.5	15.9	4.3	7.7	2.7	12.1	0.0	$13,034	$966	$12,068
Grover Cleveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	388 Bergen St	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-6944	321	22	14.5	76.9%	1 (0.3%)	232 (72.3%)	86 (26.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	8.3	1280^th of 1347 public elementary schools	5.0%		7.6	1273^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	4.9%	7	0.0	5.6	38.1	15.1	3.0	29.7	21.2	38.8	14.3	6.0	3.0	8.1	6.1	13.9	$11,554	$624	$10,930
South 17th Street School	Public	PK, KG-8	619 S Seventeenth St	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2570	368	29	12.6	90.8%	5 (1.4%)	225 (61.1%)	129 (35.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	17.9	1131^st of 1347 public elementary schools	16.0%		13.9	1167^th of 1338 public elementary schools	12.8%	36	5.9	7.4	34.6	40.0	17.6	26.4	21.2	40.7	26.9	22.6	39.4	8.8	12.8	22.2	$11,770	$879	$10,891
Thirteenth Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	359 Thirteenth Ave	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-7045	833	52	16.0	68.7%	2 (0.2%)	370 (44.4%)	438 (52.6%)	6 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.7%)	5.7	1312^th of 1347 public elementary schools	2.6%		6.8	1286^th of 1338 public elementary schools	3.9%	26	3.1	5.1	13.1	9.4	17.0	25.0	28.0	20.0	6.3	2.7	6.3	8.2	7.8	2.8	$10,835	$1,067	$9,768
Avon Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	219 Avon Ave	Newark	07108	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-6750	485	37	13.1	77.7%	1 (0.2%)	369 (76.1%)	101 (20.8%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	9.2	1267^th of 1347 public elementary schools	5.9%		6.4	1290^th of 1338 public elementary schools	3.6%	23	0.0	6.3	30.9	2.9	5.7	30.3	50.0	33.3	26.2	5.7	2.9	7.0	19.4	2.3	$12,937	$3,032	$9,905
Grove Street Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	602 Grove Street	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6865	443	28	15.8	90.3%	0 (0.0%)	351 (79.2%)	92 (20.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.3	1225^th of 1347 public elementary schools	9.1%		13.1	1181^st of 1338 public elementary schools	11.7%	44	2.8		18.2	28.8	31.0				21.4	21.0	15.5				$9,455	$166	$9,289
New Horizons Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	45 59 Hayes Street	Newark	07103	Essex County	New Horizons Community Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 848-0400	370	31	11.9	99.2%	0 (0.0%)	265 (71.6%)	101 (27.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14.7	1178^th of 1347 public elementary schools	12.5%		14.8	1150^th of 1338 public elementary schools	14.1%	28	9.1	3.6	30.6	28.6	14.6	32.6	27.8	50.0	28.0	17.4	22.8	10.9	20.0	10.5	$12,066	$904	$11,162
Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	150 Newton Street	Newark	07103	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 733-8675	225	15	15.5	73.3%	3 (1.3%)	151 (67.1%)	59 (26.2%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.0%)	50.7	673^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	50.0%					(n/a)	25.0		54.8	53.3	65.0				45.2	20.0	50.0

Frequently Asked Questions about Harriet Tubman Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Harriet Tubman Elementary School?

Students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School are 86% African American, 12% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

How many students attend Harriet Tubman Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 298 students attended Harriet Tubman Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Harriet Tubman Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Harriet Tubman Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Barringer High School
High : Central High School
High : East Side High School
High : Malcolm X Shabazz High School
High : Technology High School
High : Weequahic High School
High : West Side High School

What district is Harriet Tubman Elementary School in?

Newark Public School District

Is Harriet Tubman Elementary School a good school?

Harriet Tubman Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10.4% of New Jersey elementary schools.

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