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What advice would you give to incoming students at Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School?
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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 477 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IRVINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340768002945
Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School
54 MT VERNON AVENUE, IRVINGTON, NJ 07111 · (973) 399-6875 · Essex County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% 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.
- DBeats 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
14.2:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
381 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 100 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
23.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
17.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 23 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 are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.2% | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 19.9% | 20.9% |
% 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
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School
Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School this school | 605 | 63.0% | 17.9% |
| Philip's Academy Charter School Newark | 730 | 71.2% | 40.9% |
| Belmont Runyon Elementary School NEWARK | 508 | 75.8% | 14.0% |
| Ivy Hill Elementary School NEWARK | 488 | 72.3% | 30.6% |
| Franklin Elementary UNION | 453 | 63.6% | 27.3% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary School IRVINGTON | 393 | 70.2% | 19.3% |
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 Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #1,156 of 1,290 | #109 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #1,185 of 1,319 ▼ 108 | #112 of 141 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #1,203 of 1,319 ▲ 5 | #124 of 141 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #218 of 1,562 | #35 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,262 of 1,390 | #97 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.1% | #1,090 of 1,392 | #98 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.0% | #430 of 1,481 | #76 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.5% | #145 of 545 | #22 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
605
+98 (+19%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 605 | 42.5 | 14.2:1 | 63% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 43 | 12.1:1 | 59% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 40 | 12.6:1 | 60% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 74% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 93% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | N/A | N/A | 87% (482) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 58% (383) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (524 to 605); teachers up 21% (35 to 42.5).
About Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School
Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in New Jersey, located in IRVINGTON. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 605 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll around 405, and this school is 49% larger than that mark.
Irvington Public School District is the local district for Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School. It runs 12 schools with 7,659 students.
More than half of the students at Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School are Black (75%). The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Essex County's population at about 36%. The diversity index for Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1, with 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 63% at Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School. Public schools in Essex County average 54%.
Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 4% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
A school with Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 31.7%. Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School scores 17.9%, 13.8 points below that line.
Census data for Essex County show the median household earns about $80,789 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Essex County number 249, with about 145,473 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School from the closest public school, Union Avenue Middle School. The five-mile area around Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 17.9% versus a 20.1% average.
Under the NCES locale system, Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose by 19% across 4 years, from 507 in 2020-21 to 605 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Irvington Public School District
- Irvington High SchoolHigh · 1,913 students
- Union Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 735 students
- University Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Florence Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
- Madison AvenueElementary · 524 students
- Berkeley Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Other schools in IRVINGTON
- Irvington High SchoolHigh · 1,913 students
- Union Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 735 students
- University Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Florence Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
- Madison AvenueElementary · 524 students
- Berkeley Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Union Avenue Middle School0.4 mi · 735
- Augusta Preschool Academy0.4 mi · 330
- Chancellor Avenue Elementary School0.5 mi · 455
- Florence Avenue Elementary School0.8 mi · 694
- Ola Edwards Community School0.8 mi · 391
- NJ Regional Day School - Newark0.8 mi · 123
Frequently asked questions
About Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School?
Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School enrolls approximately 605 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School serve?
Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School have?
Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 24% Hispanic, 75% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School in?
Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School is part of Irvington Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.