LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a substantial elementary-level community in Newark, New Jersey, one of the schools within Newark Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 818 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 102% bigger than typical.

LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 65 schools operated by Newark Public School District, a district that works with 41,502 students overall.

On demographics, LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 19% Black, 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, The school employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 87% of students at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Essex County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.7%; this one delivers 19.6%.

Around the school, Essex County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Essex County's 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Maria Varisco Rogers Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 27.7%.

LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 10%, going from 905 students in 2018 to 818 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 27% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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