Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30

Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 operates as a sprawling elementary-level community in ELIZABETH, New Jersey, overseen by Elizabeth Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 729 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 80% larger than typical.

Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 is one of 37 schools operated by Elizabeth Public Schools, a district that instructs 27,580 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 reports that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 12% Black, 7% White. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 logs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 18.0%; Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 posts 38.9%, +20.8 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Union County) logs that median household earnings sit near $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

The closest other public school is Madison Monroe School No. 16, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 26.8%.

Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 788 students in 2018 compared to 729 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.