Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134002288
Hawthorne Avenue School
428 HAWTHORNE AVE, NEWARK, NJ 07112 · (973) 705-3960 · Essex County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% 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.
- DBeats 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
15.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
331 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 | 41 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 22% larger than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
34%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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
27.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
11.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.9% | 11.3% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 9.7% |
% 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
15.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Hawthorne Avenue School
Hawthorne Avenue School's state test result (15.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Avenue School this school | 444 | 74.5% | 15.7% |
| Belmont Runyon Elementary School NEWARK | 508 | 75.8% | 14.0% |
| Avon Avenue School NEWARK | 485 | 77.7% | 12.0% |
| Ivy Hill Elementary School NEWARK | 488 | 72.3% | 30.6% |
| Dr Lena Edwards Academic Charter School Jersey City | 383 | 77.3% | 18.9% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary School IRVINGTON | 393 | 70.2% | 19.3% |
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 Hawthorne Avenue School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #1,190 of 1,290 | #114 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #1,253 of 1,319 ▲ 3 | #130 of 141 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #1,141 of 1,319 ▲ 27 | #110 of 141 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #560 of 1,562 | #69 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,340 of 1,390 | #115 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #1,176 of 1,392 | #111 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #296 of 1,481 | #56 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #436 of 545 | #45 of 61 |
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
444
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
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 | 444 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 75% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 73% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 84% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 35 | 13.3:1 | 88% (412) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 81% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 86% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 295 | 23 | 12.8:1 | 95% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 82% (358) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 33 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorne Avenue School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (430 to 444); teachers unchanged (28 to 28).
About Hawthorne Avenue School
Students in NEWARK, New Jersey, attend Hawthorne Avenue School, a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 444 students in pre-K through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
Hawthorne Avenue School falls under Newark Public School District, which has 65 schools enrolling 41,502 students.
Black students are the majority at Hawthorne Avenue School, with 79% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic. Among all residents of Essex County, the Black share is about 36%. The school's diversity index is 34%, meaning two students picked at random have a 34% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Hawthorne Avenue School, 28 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.9:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 15.9:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 75% of enrollment. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in Essex County.
The allk12 Grade for Hawthorne Avenue School is D. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 5% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hawthorne Avenue School would score about 25.4%. It scores 15.7%, 9.7 points below that figure.
Across Essex County, the median household income is $80,789, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Essex County has 249 public schools and roughly 145,473 students.
Of nearby public schools, University High School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Hawthorne Avenue School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 19.1%, higher than Hawthorne Avenue School's 15.7%.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 5% from 2020-21, when Hawthorne Avenue School had 466 students, to 2024-25, when it had 444. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 13.3:1 to 15.9:1.
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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
Quick facts
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- Bruce Street School0.4 mi · 34
- People's Achieve Community Charter School0.5 mi · 796
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary School0.6 mi · 393
- NJ Regional Day School - Newark0.6 mi · 123
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorne Avenue SchoolHow large is Hawthorne Avenue School?
Hawthorne Avenue School enrolls approximately 444 students in grades PK-08.
Is Hawthorne Avenue School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hawthorne Avenue School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Hawthorne Avenue School have?
Hawthorne Avenue School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Hawthorne Avenue School?
Student demographics at Hawthorne Avenue School are roughly 19% Hispanic, 79% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Hawthorne Avenue School?
Hawthorne Avenue School is overseen by Newark Public School District in Essex County.
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