Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28

Located at 25 FIRST STREET, in ELIZABETH, New Jersey, Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28 is an expansive K-5 school that teaches 878 students (grades pre-K through 8), operated by Elizabeth Public Schools. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28 sits 117% larger than that benchmark.

Elizabeth Public Schools runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 27,580 students. Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28 is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28 reports that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 11% Black, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the resource side, Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28 shows 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Union County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.9%; this one delivers 21.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Union County put 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%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28 is one campus in the mix.

George Washington Academy School No. 1 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28 at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 28.5%.

Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28 operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 984 students in 2018 compared to 878 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.