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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134002234
Belmont Runyon Elementary School
1 BELMONT RUNYON WAY, NEWARK, NJ 07108 · (973) 733-6920 · Essex County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
385 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 82 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 9% larger than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
37%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
23.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
10.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.4% | 10.6% |
| 2023-24 | 20.8% | 9.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 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 Belmont Runyon Elementary School
Belmont Runyon Elementary School's state test result (14.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Runyon Elementary School this school | 508 | 75.8% | 14.0% |
| Avon Avenue School NEWARK | 485 | 77.7% | 12.0% |
| Hawthorne Avenue School NEWARK | 444 | 74.5% | 15.7% |
| Ivy Hill Elementary School NEWARK | 488 | 72.3% | 30.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary School NEWARK | 420 | 79.3% | 12.1% |
| Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School Jersey City | 383 | 77.3% | 18.9% |
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 Belmont Runyon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #1,213 of 1,290 | #119 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #1,260 of 1,319 ▼ 2 | #134 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,199 of 1,319 no change | #123 of 141 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #391 of 1,562 | #51 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,246 of 1,390 | #95 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #1,104 of 1,392 | #103 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #273 of 1,481 | #52 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #681 of 798 | #60 of 73 |
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
508
+57 (+13%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 508 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 76% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 41 | 13.7:1 | 76% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 79% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | 38 | 11.9:1 | 82% (370) |
| 2017-18 | 526 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 88% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 91% (469) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 95% (424) |
| 2000-01 | 333 | 25 | 13.3:1 | 99% (330) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 27 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belmont Runyon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (526 to 508); teachers unchanged (36 to 36).
About Belmont Runyon Elementary School
Belmont Runyon Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in New Jersey, with an address in NEWARK. Grades offered run from pre-K through 8, with 508 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 25% larger than that.
Newark Public School District is responsible for 65 schools, Belmont Runyon Elementary School included, with 41,502 students in all.
Belmont Runyon Elementary School is 77% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 20% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Essex County's population at about 36%. Belmont Runyon Elementary School's diversity index is 37%, against a US figure of 70%.
Belmont Runyon Elementary School employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.1:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Belmont Runyon Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 76%. On average, public schools in Essex County report 54%.
allk12 grades Belmont Runyon Elementary School an F. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Belmont Runyon Elementary School are 10.7 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (14.0% actual, 24.7% predicted).
In the county around the school, Essex County, the median household income is $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 249 public schools in Essex County, enrolling about 145,473 students in all.
The school nearest to Belmont Runyon Elementary School is People's Achieve Community Charter School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Belmont Runyon Elementary School is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Belmont Runyon Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Belmont Runyon Elementary School climbed 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 451 to 508 students. The ratio was 11.9:1 in 2020-21 and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Belmont Runyon Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Ann Street SchoolElementary · 1,294 students
- Lafayette Street SchoolElementary · 1,213 students
- First Avenue SchoolElementary · 1,084 students
- Early Childhood School - NorthElementary · 1,076 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
- People's Achieve Community Charter School0.3 mi · 796
- Malcolm X Shabazz High School0.4 mi · 531
- Peshine Avenue School0.5 mi · 635
- TEAM Academy Charter School0.5 mi · 6,406
- Avon Avenue School0.6 mi · 485
- University High School0.7 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Belmont Runyon Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Belmont Runyon Elementary School?
Belmont Runyon Elementary School enrolls approximately 508 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Belmont Runyon Elementary School serve?
Belmont Runyon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Belmont Runyon Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Belmont Runyon Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Belmont Runyon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Belmont Runyon Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 20% Hispanic, 77% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Belmont Runyon Elementary School in?
Belmont Runyon Elementary School is part of Newark Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.