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What's the biggest difference between East Ward Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
854
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134003455
East Ward Elementary School
104 Oliver Street, Newark, NJ 07105 · (973) 465-4880 · Essex County
GRADES PK–07ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL854 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
758 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 | 118 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 100 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 25% smaller than its 7th grade class (100).
Student demographics
51%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
East Ward Elementary School→University High School
Based on grade levels within Newark Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
18.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
13.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.1% | 13.8% |
| 2023-24 | 15.0% | 9.2% |
% 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
12.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% 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 East Ward Elementary School
East Ward Elementary School's state test result (12.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Ward Elementary School this school | 854 | 88.8% | 12.6% |
| Wilson Avenue School NEWARK | 1,006 | 85.7% | 31.7% |
| Oliver Street School NEWARK | 1,034 | 83.0% | 39.6% |
| South Street Elementary School NEWARK | 866 | 88.0% | 24.9% |
| George L Catrambone Long Branch | 686 | 81.6% | 17.0% |
| Dr. Hani Awadallah School PATERSON | 575 | 84.2% | 24.3% |
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 East Ward Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #1,227 of 1,290 | #122 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #1,235 of 1,319 ▲ 31 | #125 of 141 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #1,249 of 1,319 ▲ 8 | #137 of 141 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 854 | #39 of 1,562 | #11 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,367 of 1,390 | #131 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #767 of 1,392 | #55 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #69 of 1,481 | #10 of 142 |
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
854
+471 (+123%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 854 | 49 | 17.4:1 | 89% (758) |
| 2023-24 | 763 | 46 | 16.6:1 | 85% (646) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 91% (604) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 73% (281) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Ward Elementary School.
About East Ward Elementary School
East Ward Elementary School is a large elementary school in Newark, New Jersey, administered by Newark Public School District. Students in pre-K through 7 attend, and enrollment is 854 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students.
East Ward Elementary School is in Newark Public School District, a district with 41,502 students across 65 schools.
Hispanic students account for 62% of enrollment at East Ward Elementary School. Smaller groups are 32% White and 5% Black. For comparison, the population of Essex County is roughly 25% Hispanic. East Ward Elementary School has a diversity index of 51%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
East Ward Elementary School employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, lower than at this school. East Ward Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 89%. The rate at public schools in Essex County averages 54%, lower than here.
allk12 grades East Ward Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 17.6% for East Ward Elementary School. The school posts 12.6%, 5.0 points below the prediction.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Essex County show that median household income is about $80,789, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. East Ward Elementary School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County, which together enroll about 145,473 students.
The closest public school to East Ward Elementary School is Oliver Street School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of East Ward Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 12.6% is below the 34.3% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts for East Ward Elementary School: 383 students in 2020-21, 854 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. Students per teacher rose from 12.8 in 2020-21 to 17.4 in 2024-25.
Community posts for East Ward Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Newark Public School District
- East Side High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Barringer High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
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- Early Childhood School - NorthElementary · 1,076 students
Other schools in Newark
- North Star Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 6,714 students
- TEAM Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 6,406 students
- Great Oaks Legacy Charter SchoolCombined · 2,169 students
- East Side High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Barringer High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Marion P. Thomas Charter SchoolCombined · 1,410 students
Other East Ward Elementary schools
One other US public school is named East Ward Elementary. East Ward Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- East Ward Elementary SchoolDowningtown, PA · 549 students
Nearby schools
- Oliver Street School0.1 mi · 1,034
- South Street Elementary School0.2 mi · 866
- The Gray Charter School0.4 mi · 317
- Lafayette Street School0.4 mi · 1,213
- East Side High School0.5 mi · 2,046
- Ironbound Academy Elementary School0.5 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About East Ward Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at East Ward Elementary School?
East Ward Elementary School enrolls approximately 854 students in grades PK-07.
What age range does East Ward Elementary School serve?
East Ward Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 07.
How many students per teacher at East Ward Elementary School?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at East Ward Elementary School.
How diverse is East Ward Elementary School?
East Ward Elementary School reports a student body of 32% White, 62% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is East Ward Elementary School in?
East Ward Elementary School is part of Newark Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.