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Enrollment
729
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340459000825
Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30
730 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, ELIZABETH, NJ 07208 · (908) 436-6950 · Union County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
641 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 111 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 14% smaller than its 8th grade class (71).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
54.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
38.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 55 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.7% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.6% | 33.4% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 18% 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 21 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 Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30
Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 this school | 729 | 87.9% | 38.9% |
| Joseph Battin School No 4 ELIZABETH | 757 | 85.2% | 28.5% |
| Lindenwold School Four LINDENWOLD | 657 | 88.9% | 13.8% |
| Roberto Clemente Elementary School NEWARK | 742 | 86.7% | 21.2% |
| Abraham Lincoln School No. 14 ELIZABETH | 793 | 84.5% | 25.4% |
| Dr. Albert Einstein Academy School No. 29 ELIZABETH | 785 | 84.5% | 38.2% |
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 Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #778 of 1,290 | #39 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #831 of 1,319 ▲ 30 | #39 of 93 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #599 of 1,319 ▼ 18 | #37 of 93 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #95 of 1,562 | #13 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,168 of 1,390 | #85 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #1,175 of 1,392 | #85 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #83 of 1,481 | #7 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #514 of 798 | #30 of 58 |
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
729
-32 (-4%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 784
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 729 | 54 | 13.5:1 | 88% (641) |
| 2023-24 | 780 | 52 | 15.0:1 | 87% (681) |
| 2022-23 | 764 | 57.5 | 13.3:1 | 86% (658) |
| 2020-21 | 761 | 58 | 13.1:1 | 75% (571) |
| 2017-18 | 788 | 51 | 15.4:1 | 84% (661) |
| 2015-16 | 789 | 55 | 14.3:1 | 86% (676) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | 53 | 14.8:1 | 88% (693) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (788 to 729); teachers up 6% (51 to 54).
About Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30
Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 is a large elementary school found in ELIZABETH, New Jersey. Enrollment totals 729 students across pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 80% above the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 is part of Elizabeth Public Schools, where 37 schools serve 27,580 students.
By race and ethnicity, Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 is 80% Hispanic. Other groups make up 12% Black and 7% White. Union County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 is 13.5:1, based on 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Lunch program data show 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Union County average 52%.
Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 scores 20.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 38.9% actual versus 18.0% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Union County, median household income comes to about $103,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 180 public schools and about 99,046 students.
Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30's nearest public school is Madison Monroe School No. 16 (about 0.3 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 729, compared with 761 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30How many students attend Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30?
Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 enrolls approximately 729 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 serve?
Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30.
What is the student diversity at Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30?
Student demographics at Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 are roughly 7% White, 80% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 in?
Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 is part of Elizabeth Public Schools.
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