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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340459005520
John Marshal School No. 20
521 MAGNOLIA AVE, ELIZABETH, NJ 07206 · (908) 436-5800 · Union County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
396 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 19% larger than its 8th grade class (52).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
36.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
18.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 18.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 15.5% |
% 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 John Marshal School No. 20
John Marshal School No. 20's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Marshal School No. 20 this school | 452 | 87.6% | 22.4% |
| iPrep Academy School No 8 Elizabeth | 397 | 90.2% | 29.5% |
| Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 ELIZABETH | 392 | 88.0% | 12.8% |
| Central Elementary School Orange | 369 | 86.7% | N/A |
| Sussex Avenue School NEWARK | 545 | 86.2% | 16.3% |
| Patton J. Hill Elementary School TRENTON | 555 | 87.2% | 5.2% |
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 John Marshal School No. 20 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #1,092 of 1,290 | #74 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #1,176 of 1,319 ▼ 6 | #85 of 93 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #1,010 of 1,319 ▼ 55 | #64 of 93 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #537 of 1,562 | #46 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,137 of 1,390 | #83 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #1,014 of 1,392 | #75 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #86 of 1,481 | #10 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.4% | #160 of 545 | #6 of 42 |
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
452
+72 (+19%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 309
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 452 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 88% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 85% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 89% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 36 | 10.6:1 | 86% (327) |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 37.5 | 10.5:1 | 91% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 33 | 10.8:1 | 96% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | 32 | 11.6:1 | 92% (342) |
| 2000-01 | 262 | 27 | 9.7:1 | 94% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 309 | 20 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Marshal School No. 20.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (395 to 452); teachers down 9% (37.5 to 34).
About John Marshal School No. 20
John Marshal School No. 20 is an elementary school in ELIZABETH, New Jersey, according to federal school records. In all, 452 students attend the school in kindergarten through 8.
The 37 schools in Elizabeth Public Schools enroll 27,580 students altogether, John Marshal School No. 20 among them.
About 73% of the student body at John Marshal School No. 20 is Hispanic. Other groups make up 24% Black and 2% White. County-wide, 35% of Union County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at John Marshal School No. 20 are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at John Marshal School No. 20 is 13.3:1, based on 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. John Marshal School No. 20 counts 88% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 52% for public schools in Union County.
On the allk12 Grade, John Marshal School No. 20 lands at C, ahead of 30% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, John Marshal School No. 20 is 4.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 22.4%. Predicted: 18.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Union County show that the median household earns about $103,202 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Union County has 180 public schools with about 99,046 students, including John Marshal School No. 20.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Jerome Dunn Academy No 9, is the closest to John Marshal School No. 20. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, John Marshal School No. 20 ranks 4th on proficiency.
John Marshal School No. 20 is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, John Marshal School No. 20 enrolled 380 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 452. Federal data show the ratio rising from 10.6:1 to 13.3:1.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elizabeth Public Schools
- John E. Dwyer Technology AcademyHigh · 1,348 students
- Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety AcademyHigh · 1,272 students
- Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell AcademyHigh · 1,268 students
- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
- William F. Halloran School No.22Middle · 1,140 students
- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
Other schools in ELIZABETH
- John E. Dwyer Technology AcademyHigh · 1,348 students
- Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety AcademyHigh · 1,272 students
- Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell AcademyHigh · 1,268 students
- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
- William F. Halloran School No.22Middle · 1,140 students
- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
Nearby schools
- Jerome Dunn Academy No 90.5 mi · 856
- iPrep Academy School No 80.5 mi · 397
- George Washington Academy School No. 10.5 mi · 595
- Benjamin Franklin School No. 130.5 mi · 392
- Sonia Sotomayor School No 250.5 mi · 591
- Terence C. Reilly School No 70.6 mi · 1,130
Frequently asked questions
About John Marshal School No. 20What is the total enrollment at John Marshal School No. 20?
John Marshal School No. 20 enrolls approximately 452 students in grades KG-08.
Is John Marshal School No. 20 an elementary, middle, or high school?
John Marshal School No. 20 is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does John Marshal School No. 20 have?
John Marshal School No. 20 employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
How diverse is John Marshal School No. 20?
John Marshal School No. 20 reports a student body of 2% White, 73% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is John Marshal School No. 20 in?
John Marshal School No. 20 is part of Elizabeth Public Schools.
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