Ivy Hill Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in NEWARK, New Jersey, Ivy Hill Elementary School serves 488 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Newark Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 20% above typical.

Newark Public School District runs 65 schools in total, collectively educating 41,502 students. Ivy Hill Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Ivy Hill Elementary School shows that nearly all students (83%) are Black. Beyond that, the school records 14% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at Ivy Hill Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Essex County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ivy Hill Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.6%; this one delivers 30.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Ivy Hill Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Newark Sch of Data Science and Information Technology, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ivy Hill Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 25.8%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ivy Hill Elementary School has decreased 11%, going from 546 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 91% to 83% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.