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What's the most underrated thing about Mabel G. Homes School No. 5 that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
767
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340459000071
Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5
650 Bayway Avenue, ELIZABETH, NJ 07202 · (908) 436-6270 · Union County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL767 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
11.3:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
644 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 166 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (64).
Student demographics
43%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
32.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
17.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 17.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.8% | 13.1% |
% 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
19.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5
Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5's state test result (19.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 this school | 767 | 84.0% | 19.7% |
| McKinley Elementary School NEWARK | 917 | 85.1% | 17.3% |
| LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Newark | 818 | 86.7% | 19.6% |
| Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School NEWARK | 690 | 88.3% | 14.8% |
| Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson Paterson | 683 | 78.3% | 30.6% |
| Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 ELIZABETH | 667 | 84.1% | 16.3% |
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 Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #1,132 of 1,290 | #79 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #1,193 of 1,319 ▲ 19 | #89 of 93 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,074 of 1,319 ▲ 26 | #73 of 93 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 767 | #71 of 1,562 | #9 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #685 of 1,390 | #25 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #976 of 1,392 | #71 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.0% | #147 of 1,481 | #21 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #252 of 798 | #8 of 58 |
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
767
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
+65% since 2000-01, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 767 | 68 | 11.3:1 | 84% (644) |
| 2023-24 | 802 | 73 | 11.0:1 | 82% (658) |
| 2022-23 | 799 | 73 | 10.9:1 | 82% (652) |
| 2020-21 | 779 | 78 | 10.0:1 | 75% (585) |
| 2017-18 | 913 | 84.5 | 10.8:1 | 84% (768) |
| 2015-16 | 974 | 79 | 12.3:1 | 88% (859) |
| 2010-11 | 820 | 51 | 16.1:1 | 87% (716) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 39 | 11.9:1 | 84% (388) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (913 to 767); teachers down 20% (84.5 to 68).
About Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5
Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 is an elementary school in ELIZABETH, New Jersey, according to federal school records. The school's 767 students are in pre-K through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
The 37 schools in Elizabeth Public Schools enroll 27,580 students altogether, Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 among them.
By race and ethnicity, Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 is 71% Hispanic. It is also 23% Black and 4% White. For comparison, the population of Union County is roughly 35% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 comes in at 43%.
At Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5, 68 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.3:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 11.4:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 84% of enrollment. Compared with the 52% average for public schools in Union County, the school's rate is higher.
Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 18% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 19.7%. Predicted: 20.2%.
In the county around the school, Union County, median household income is about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 is among the 180 public schools in Union County.
Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy is the public school closest to Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5, about 0.3 miles away. Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 at 7th of 8.
Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 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.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (779) to 2024-25 (767). The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.0:1 to 11.3:1 over the same years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Other schools in ELIZABETH
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- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
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- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
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- Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy0.3 mi · 842
- J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy0.4 mi · 415
- William F. Halloran School No.220.4 mi · 1,140
- Woodrow Wilson School No. 190.5 mi · 563
- Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center No 500.7 mi · 306
- Dr. Orlando Edreira Academy School No. 260.7 mi · 718
Frequently asked questions
About Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5How large is Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5?
Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 enrolls approximately 767 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 serve?
Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 is approximately 11.3:1 (68 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5?
At Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5, the student body is approximately 4% White, 71% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5?
Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 is overseen by Elizabeth Public Schools in Union County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.