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If you could change one rule at Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
690
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134002280
Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School
291 N 7TH ST, NEWARK, NJ 07107 · (973) 268-5260 · Essex County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL690 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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.
- CBeats 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
14.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
609 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 | 45 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (93).
Student demographics
33%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
19.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
17.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.6% | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 18.6% | 13.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School
Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School this school | 690 | 88.3% | 14.8% |
| Quarter Mile Lane School BRIDGETON | 693 | 92.5% | 8.8% |
| Buckshutem Road School BRIDGETON | 653 | 92.0% | 7.5% |
| LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Newark | 818 | 86.7% | 19.6% |
| Lindenwold School Four LINDENWOLD | 657 | 88.9% | 13.8% |
| Patton J. Hill Elementary School TRENTON | 555 | 87.2% | 5.2% |
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 Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #1,205 of 1,290 | #117 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #1,180 of 1,319 ▲ 28 | #110 of 141 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #1,231 of 1,319 ▼ 6 | #129 of 141 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 690 | #125 of 1,562 | #26 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,273 of 1,390 | #100 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #1,193 of 1,392 | #116 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #75 of 1,481 | #13 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #532 of 798 | #43 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
690
-52 (-7%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,106
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 690 | 48 | 14.4:1 | 88% (609) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 48 | 15.3:1 | 86% (637) |
| 2022-23 | 754 | 51 | 14.8:1 | 85% (642) |
| 2020-21 | 742 | 54 | 13.7:1 | 93% (692) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 49 | 15.1:1 | 87% (649) |
| 2015-16 | 809 | 49 | 16.5:1 | 86% (694) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 96% (654) |
| 2000-01 | 880 | 61 | 14.4:1 | 89% (782) |
| 1990-91 | 1,106 | 54 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (742 to 690); teachers down 2% (49 to 48).
About Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School
Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School is a large elementary school in NEWARK, New Jersey. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 690 students. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 70% larger than average.
Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School is one of 65 schools in Newark Public School District, which enrolls 41,502 students in total.
The largest group at Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 80%. Smaller groups are 20% Black. County-wide, 25% of Essex County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School is 33%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School comes to 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.4:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1, 2.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School counts 88% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Essex County averages 54%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 10% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School is 3.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
The county, Essex County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $80,789, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 249, with about 145,473 students.
Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Dr. E. Alma Flagg School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 14.8% is below the 20.0% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School had a net loss of 52 students, or 7%.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Dr. William H. Horton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School?
Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School enrolls approximately 690 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School serve?
Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School?
At Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 80% Hispanic, 20% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School public or private?
Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newark Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.