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Which teacher or staff member at Lafayette Street School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,213
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134002298
Lafayette Street School
205 LAFAYETTE ST, NEWARK, NJ 07105 · (973) 465-4860 · Essex County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,213 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.2:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
1,059 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 147 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 119 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 107 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 114 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 128 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 7% smaller than its 8th grade class (128).
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
49.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
28.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.6% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 22.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 18% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Lafayette Street School
Lafayette Street School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Street School this school | 1,213 | 87.3% | 34.0% |
| Ann Street School NEWARK | 1,294 | 83.2% | 39.0% |
| South Street Elementary School NEWARK | 866 | 88.0% | 24.9% |
| First Avenue School NEWARK | 1,084 | 85.9% | 39.1% |
| Anna L. Klein GUTTENBERG | 977 | 82.8% | 31.4% |
| Oliver Street School NEWARK | 1,034 | 83.0% | 39.6% |
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 Lafayette Street School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #880 of 1,290 | #72 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #1,006 of 1,319 ▲ 51 | #79 of 141 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #720 of 1,319 ▲ 64 | #74 of 141 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,213 | #4 of 1,562 | #2 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,344 of 1,390 | #118 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #1,170 of 1,392 | #110 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.3% | #94 of 1,481 | #17 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #469 of 545 | #54 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
1,213
+11 (+1%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 751
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 1,213 | 75 | 16.2:1 | 87% (1,059) |
| 2023-24 | 1,235 | 72 | 17.1:1 | 80% (992) |
| 2022-23 | 1,180 | 71 | 16.6:1 | 91% (1,068) |
| 2020-21 | 1,202 | 71 | 16.9:1 | 79% (950) |
| 2017-18 | 1,187 | 75 | 15.8:1 | 91% (1,083) |
| 2015-16 | 1,115 | 71 | 15.7:1 | 85% (953) |
| 2010-11 | 957 | 49 | 19.5:1 | 87% (834) |
| 2000-01 | 748 | 57 | 13.1:1 | 74% (551) |
| 1990-91 | 751 | 52 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette Street School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,187 to 1,213); teachers unchanged (75 to 75).
About Lafayette Street School
Lafayette Street School, located in NEWARK, New Jersey, is a large elementary school. It serves 1,213 students in pre-K through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students.
Newark Public School District runs Lafayette Street School along with 64 other schools, enrolling 41,502 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Lafayette Street School is 79% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% White. In Essex County overall, about 25% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Lafayette Street School comes in at 34%.
With 75 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Lafayette Street School was 16.2:1. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. Lafayette Street School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 87%. Among public schools in Essex County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Lafayette Street School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After accounting for student poverty, Lafayette Street School is in the top 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.0% is 15.6 points above the 18.4% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Essex County census figures show that median household income is about $80,789, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 249 public schools operate in Essex County, serving about 145,473 students.
The nearest other public school, The Gray Charter School, is about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lafayette Street School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lafayette Street School is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Lafayette Street School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (1,202) to 2024-25 (1,213).
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Newark Public School District
- East Side High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Barringer High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Ann Street SchoolElementary · 1,294 students
- First Avenue SchoolElementary · 1,084 students
- Early Childhood School - NorthElementary · 1,076 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,051 students
Other schools in NEWARK
- North Star Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 6,714 students
- TEAM Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 6,406 students
- Great Oaks Legacy Charter SchoolCombined · 2,169 students
- East Side High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Barringer High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Marion P. Thomas Charter SchoolCombined · 1,410 students
Nearby schools
- The Gray Charter School0.3 mi · 317
- East Ward Elementary School0.4 mi · 854
- Oliver Street School0.4 mi · 1,034
- East Side High School0.5 mi · 2,046
- Wilson Avenue School0.5 mi · 1,006
- Ironbound Academy Elementary School0.5 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette Street SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lafayette Street School?
Lafayette Street School enrolls approximately 1,213 students in grades PK-08.
Is Lafayette Street School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lafayette Street School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Lafayette Street School have?
Lafayette Street School employs 75 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
How diverse is Lafayette Street School?
Lafayette Street School reports a student body of 20% White, 79% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Lafayette Street School?
Lafayette Street School is overseen by Newark Public School District in Essex County.
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