Enrollment
298
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134002282
Harriet Tubman Elementary School
504 S TENTH ST, NEWARK, NJ 07103 · (973) 733-6934 · Essex County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% 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
11.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
251 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 25 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (46).
Student demographics
25%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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
26.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
12.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.9% | 12.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 11.9% |
% 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
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Harriet Tubman Elementary School
Harriet Tubman Elementary School's state test result (17.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harriet Tubman Elementary School this school | 298 | 84.2% | 17.4% |
| The Village Charter School TRENTON | 361 | 83.7% | 22.6% |
| East Orange Community Charter School EAST ORANGE | 414 | 84.8% | 29.8% |
| Link Community Charter School Newark | 343 | 72.3% | 35.4% |
| Michelle Obama Elementary School Newark | 198 | 85.4% | 65.2% |
| Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School Jersey City | 383 | 77.3% | 18.9% |
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 Harriet Tubman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #1,164 of 1,290 | #110 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #1,248 of 1,319 ▼ 21 | #129 of 141 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #1,153 of 1,319 ▼ 57 | #112 of 141 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 298 | #1,114 of 1,562 | #122 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #730 of 1,390 | #31 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.3% | #1,268 of 1,392 | #131 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #142 of 1,481 | #34 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #116 of 798 | #8 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
298
-75 (-20%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 617
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 298 | 26 | 11.5:1 | 84% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 29 | 11.0:1 | 83% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 30 | 10.9:1 | 87% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 80% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 80% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 338 | 24 | 14.1:1 | 67% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 19 | 13.1:1 | 85% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 312 | 25 | 12.5:1 | 80% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 617 | 28 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harriet Tubman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (390 to 298); teachers unchanged (26 to 26).
About Harriet Tubman Elementary School
Harriet Tubman Elementary School is a public small elementary school in NEWARK, New Jersey. School enrollment was 298 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students.
The 65 schools of Newark Public School District, including Harriet Tubman Elementary School, enroll 41,502 students.
Most students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School are Black: 86% of enrollment. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic. Census figures show Essex County is about 36% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Harriet Tubman Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 25%.
At Harriet Tubman Elementary School, 26 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.5:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 11.4:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 84% of enrollment. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Essex County is 30 points.
allk12 grades Harriet Tubman Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Harriet Tubman Elementary School is 20.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 17.4%.
In Essex County (population about 863,002), median household income is about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 249 public schools operate in Essex County, serving about 145,473 students.
Michelle Obama Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Harriet Tubman Elementary School ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 17.4% versus a 22.3% average.
Harriet Tubman Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 298 was 20% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 373. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.3:1 to 11.5:1.
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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
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Other Harriet Tubman Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Harriet Tubman Elementary. Harriet Tubman Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Harriet Tubman Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Michelle Obama Elementary School0.3 mi · 198
- Camden Street Elementary School0.3 mi · 685
- Bard Early College High School0.4 mi · 395
- Grover Cleveland Elementary School0.4 mi · 321
- South 17th Street School0.4 mi · 368
- LEAD Charter School0.5 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About Harriet Tubman Elementary SchoolHow large is Harriet Tubman Elementary School?
Harriet Tubman Elementary School enrolls approximately 298 students in grades PK-08.
Is Harriet Tubman Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harriet Tubman Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harriet Tubman Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harriet Tubman Elementary School is approximately 11.5:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School?
At Harriet Tubman Elementary School, the student body is approximately 12% Hispanic, 86% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Harriet Tubman Elementary School public or private?
Harriet Tubman Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newark Public School District.
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