Early Childhood School - North

Early Childhood School - North is one of the expansive elementary-level communitys in Newark, New Jersey, part of Newark Public School District, with 1,076 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 166% larger than typical.

Within Newark Public School District, which oversees 65 schools and 41,502 students, Early Childhood School - North is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Early Childhood School - North lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 42% Black, 5% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, The student-to-teacher ratio at Early Childhood School - North shows approximately -1.0:1. Roughly 14% of students at Early Childhood School - North qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Essex County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Early Childhood School - North is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

Nearest neighbor: Branch Brook School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Early Childhood School - North.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 6 years. Early Childhood School - North's enrollment has grew 581% since 2018, when it stood at 158 (now 1,076). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 47% to 42%.

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