East Ward Elementary School

Set in Newark, New Jersey, East Ward Elementary School is a big elementary school, overseen by Newark Public School District. It educates 854 students across grades pre-K through 7. That puts it 111% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Within Newark Public School District, which oversees 65 schools and 41,502 students, East Ward Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, East Ward Elementary School reports that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 32% White, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Essex County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, East Ward Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.6%, the actual is 12.6%, a residual of -5.0 points.

Around the school, Essex County reports that median household income runs about $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. East Ward Elementary School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

Nearest neighbor: Oliver Street School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Ward Elementary School. On composite proficiency, East Ward Elementary School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.