East Newark Elementary School

East Newark Elementary School, a cozy elementary campus in E NEWARK, New Jersey, one of the schools within East Newark School District, instructs 176 students, covering grades K through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so East Newark Elementary School sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.

East Newark Elementary School is a school of East Newark School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, East Newark Elementary School reports that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 13% White. By comparison, Hudson County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, East Newark Elementary School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 88% of students at East Newark Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Hudson County's rate of about 68%.

With demographic context factored in, East Newark Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.0%; this one delivers 15.0%.

Around the school, Hudson County reports that median household income runs about $91,795, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), East Newark Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Lincoln Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Newark Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Newark Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 26.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. East Newark Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 433% since 2018, when it stood at 33 (now 176). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 12% to 1%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.