Chancellor Avenue Elementary School

Chancellor Avenue Elementary School is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in IRVINGTON, New Jersey, operated by Irvington Public School District, with 455 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Chancellor Avenue Elementary School is one of 12 schools operated by Irvington Public School District, a district that hosts 7,659 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Chancellor Avenue Elementary School logs that Black students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Chancellor Avenue Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.5%, the actual is 21.0%, a residual of +1.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Essex County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Chancellor Avenue Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Union Avenue Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chancellor Avenue Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 25.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chancellor Avenue Elementary School has shrank 4%, going from 474 students in 2018 to 455 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 91% to 73%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Chancellor Avenue Elementary School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.