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Marshall Elementary School

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Marshall Elementary School ranks 146 th of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-4

146^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 89% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Marshall Elementary School is a public elementary school located in South Orange, New Jersey, serving around 500 students in grades K-4. The school is part of the South Orange-Maplewood School District, which is ranked 160 out of 609 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Marshall Elementary consistently outperforms the district and the state in standardized test scores for both English Language Arts and Mathematics. In the 2024-2025 school year, 76.9% of 3rd-grade students and 83.6% of 4th-grade students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 68.1% and 74.1% for the district, respectively. In Mathematics, 82% of 3rd-grade students and 60.7% of 4th-grade students were proficient or better, compared to 70.6% and 57.9% for the district. The school has also seen a decreasing trend in chronic absenteeism, from 16.6% in 2022-2023 to 10.7% in 2023-2024.

Interestingly, Marshall Elementary School outperforms the nearby Clinton Elementary School and South Mountain Elementary School in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates. The school's student-teacher ratio of 12.8 in 2023-2024 is higher than the nearby Montrose Early Childhood Center (9.6) but lower than Clinton Elementary (10.0) and South Mountain Elementary (13.1).

504

Students ?

12.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$4,860

Per pupil spending ?

8.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

262 Grove Rd
South Orange, NJ 07079-2367

(973) 378-7698

District: South Orange-Maplewood School District

Students who attend Marshall Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Columbia High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

56.3%

African American:

16.3%

Two or more races:

12.3%

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At a glance

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Jersey average (77% vs 49% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 11% of New Jersey elementary schools

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school77%

District avg68%

New Jersey avg49%

146^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Top 11%

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 6Elementary Schools in the South Orange-Maplewood School District

160^th of 609South Orange-Maplewood School District among New Jersey districts

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)

Hispanic (2025)100th percentile+11 vs school

White (2025)94th percentile+5 vs school

Special Education (2025)94th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)91st percentile~ school

Male (2025)88th percentile~ school

African American (2025)87th percentile~ school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts80%+30 vs state

Mathematics74%+25 vs state

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Schools Near Marshall 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
Marshall Elementary School	Public	K-4	262 Grove Rd	South Orange	07079	Essex County	South Orange-Maplewood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 378-7698	504	39	12.9	8.5%	284 (56.3%)	82 (16.3%)	60 (11.9%)	15 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	62 (12.3%)	88.8	146^th of 1347 public elementary schools	89.2%					(n/a)			76.9	83.6					82.0	60.7					$4,860		$4,860
Mt Vernon Place School	Public	PK, KG-8	142 Mount Vernon Pl	Newark	07106	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2090	905	55	16.4	76.1%	15 (1.7%)	307 (33.9%)	488 (53.9%)	84 (9.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.8%)	18.3	1120^th of 1347 public elementary schools	16.9%		16.3	1125^th of 1338 public elementary schools	15.9%	5	11.9	14.3	30.7	27.5	23.1	47.0	46.5	53.5	36.8	15.8	19.4	13.4	23.5	36.5	$9,356	$531	$8,825
Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	87 Richelieu Ter	Newark	07106	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2290	420	29	14.4	79.3%	0 (0.0%)	308 (73.3%)	99 (23.6%)	6 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	9.4	1263^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	6.2%		7.5	1274^th of 1338 public elementary schools	4.8%	11	16.3	3.9	11.9	16.6	29.3	18.8	22.0	15.1	9.6	10.8	19.1	4.2	1.7	3.9	$10,024	$340	$9,684
Heywood Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-7	421 Heywood Ave	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4105	363	31	11.7	58.1%	3 (0.8%)	279 (76.9%)	66 (18.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.3%)	30.8	943^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	30.0%		35.4	863^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	35.5%	80	26.5		32.5	42.6	45.5	45.4	63.9		34.2	29.2	29.4	29.5	41.1		$11,274	$312	$10,962
Ivy Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	107 Ivy Street	Newark	07106	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 351-2121	488	40	12.2	72.3%	2 (0.4%)	404 (82.8%)	66 (13.5%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	35	881^st of 1347 public elementary schools	34.6%		31	929^th of 1338 public elementary schools	30.6%	48	14.6	4.5	41.2	52.4	55.3	71.1	51.1	57.9	27.0	32.5	17.1	17.0	20.4	7.9	$11,199	$653	$10,546
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
Benjamin Banneker Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	500 South Clinton Street	East Orange	07018	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-4320	0	22	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	15.2	1169^th of 1347 public elementary schools	13.2%		18.4	1097^th of 1338 public elementary schools	18.0%	72	10.9	3.0	14.5	39.0	27.5	55.9	55.5	48.5	17.2	16.7	18.6	8.8	25.0	6.1	$10,883	$366	$10,517
South Mountain Elementary School	Public	K-5	444 West South Orange Ave	South Orange	07079	Essex County	South Orange-Maplewood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 378-5216	613	53	11.4	5.5%	365 (59.5%)	75 (12.2%)	66 (10.8%)	22 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	82 (13.4%)	82.5	242^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	82.0%		77.8	309^th of 1338 public elementary schools	76.9%	67	53.9		67.6	68.4	80.2				73.4	53.7	70.8				$5,242		$5,242
Forest Street Community Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-7	651 Forest St	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4120	384	33	11.8	70.1%	2 (0.5%)	175 (45.6%)	198 (51.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	27.6	986^th of 1347 public elementary schools	26.8%		28.3	964^th of 1338 public elementary schools	28.0%	22	8.4		26.1	56.5	48.6	51.0	62.8		17.4	36.7	20.0	16.0	40.5		$9,797	$522	$9,275
Gregory Elementary School	Public	K-5	301 Gregory Ave	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 669-5397	484	41	11.9	18.8%	171 (35.3%)	118 (24.4%)	132 (27.3%)	14 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.1%)	85.5	188^th of 1347 public elementary schools	86.0%		83.5	228^th of 1338 public elementary schools	83.0%	40	64.6		62.0	81.8	79.3				58.2	74.0	74.4				$11,810		$11,810

Frequently Asked Questions about Marshall Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Marshall Elementary School?

Students at Marshall Elementary School are 56% White, 16% African American, 12% Two or more races, 12% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Marshall Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Marshall Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Columbia High School

How many students attend Marshall Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 504 students attended Marshall Elementary School.

What district is Marshall Elementary School in?

South Orange-Maplewood School District

Is Marshall Elementary School a good school?

Marshall Elementary School ranks 146^th of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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