iPrep Academy School No 8

iPrep Academy School No 8 is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Elizabeth, New Jersey, part of Elizabeth Public Schools, with 397 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

Across the 37 schools in Elizabeth Public Schools (27,580 students total), iPrep Academy School No 8 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, iPrep Academy School No 8 shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 25% Black, 6% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, iPrep Academy School No 8 has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 90% of students at iPrep Academy School No 8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, iPrep Academy School No 8 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.8%; this one delivers 29.5%.

In the broader community, Union County reports that median household income runs about $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. iPrep Academy School No 8 is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

George Washington Academy School No. 1 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, iPrep Academy School No 8 comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 27.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 397 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 62% to 68% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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