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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Ann Street School this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,294
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134002228
Ann Street School
30 ANN ST, NEWARK, NJ 07105 · (973) 465-4890 · Essex County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,294 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
1,076 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 153 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 157 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 163 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 164 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 153 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 123 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 130 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 123 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 24% larger than its 8th grade class (123).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
51.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
38.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.4% | 32.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 21% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ann Street School
Ann Street School's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Street School this school | 1,294 | 83.2% | 39.0% |
| Lafayette Street School NEWARK | 1,213 | 87.3% | 34.0% |
| Oliver Street School NEWARK | 1,034 | 83.0% | 39.6% |
| Wilson Avenue School NEWARK | 1,006 | 85.7% | 31.7% |
| South Street Elementary School NEWARK | 866 | 88.0% | 24.9% |
| Franklin Elementary School KEARNY | 950 | 73.4% | 30.7% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ann Street School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #773 of 1,290 | #64 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #832 of 1,319 ▲ 50 | #67 of 141 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #664 of 1,319 ▲ 134 | #70 of 141 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,294 | #3 of 1,562 | #1 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,346 of 1,390 | #119 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #1,053 of 1,392 | #91 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.2% | #165 of 1,481 | #35 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #494 of 545 | #55 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,294
+51 (+4%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 1,097
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,294 | 80 | 16.2:1 | 83% (1,076) |
| 2023-24 | 1,236 | 79 | 15.7:1 | 77% (952) |
| 2022-23 | 1,200 | 79 | 15.2:1 | 78% (934) |
| 2020-21 | 1,243 | 83 | 15.0:1 | 74% (916) |
| 2017-18 | 1,276 | 80 | 15.9:1 | 85% (1,089) |
| 2015-16 | 1,353 | 79 | 17.1:1 | 82% (1,115) |
| 2010-11 | 1,255 | 70 | 17.9:1 | 78% (975) |
| 2000-01 | 1,125 | 70 | 16.1:1 | 62% (703) |
| 1990-91 | 1,097 | 53 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ann Street School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,276 to 1,294); teachers unchanged (80 to 80).
About Ann Street School
Ann Street School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in NEWARK, New Jersey. It educates 1,294 students in kindergarten through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students.
Ann Street School reports to Newark Public School District, which has 65 schools and 41,502 students.
Hispanic students account for 73% of enrollment at Ann Street School. Smaller groups are 25% White. For comparison, the population of Essex County is roughly 25% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Ann Street School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
The count of teachers at Ann Street School is 80 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, lower than at this school. Around 83% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Essex County, the average is 54%.
Ann Street School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Ann Street School beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 18.3 points (39.0% versus 20.6%), a top-10% result in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations.
Essex County has these Census figures: median household income is about $80,789, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Ann Street School is among the 249 public schools in Essex County.
Ironbound Academy Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Ann Street School ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 39.0% versus a 31.3% average.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,294 was 4% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 1,243. Students per teacher rose from 15.0 in 2020-21 to 16.2 in 2024-25.
The Ann Street School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newark Public School District
- East Side High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Barringer High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Lafayette Street SchoolElementary · 1,213 students
- First Avenue SchoolElementary · 1,084 students
- Early Childhood School - NorthElementary · 1,076 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,051 students
Other schools in NEWARK
- North Star Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 6,714 students
- TEAM Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 6,406 students
- Great Oaks Legacy Charter SchoolCombined · 2,169 students
- East Side High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Barringer High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Marion P. Thomas Charter SchoolCombined · 1,410 students
Nearby schools
- Ironbound Academy Elementary School0.1 mi · 325
- East Side High School0.2 mi · 2,046
- Wilson Avenue School0.3 mi · 1,006
- Lafayette Street School0.6 mi · 1,213
- East Ward Elementary School0.6 mi · 854
- Oliver Street School0.7 mi · 1,034
Frequently asked questions
About Ann Street SchoolHow many students attend Ann Street School?
Ann Street School enrolls approximately 1,294 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Ann Street School serve?
Ann Street School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Ann Street School have?
Ann Street School employs 80 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ann Street School?
At Ann Street School, the student body is approximately 25% White, 73% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Ann Street School in?
Ann Street School is part of Newark Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.