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Enrollment
550
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTIC CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340096000020
New York Avenue School
411 N New York Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 · (609) 343-7280 · Atlantic County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest 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
10.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
505 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 59 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 8% larger than its 8th grade class (52).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
New York Avenue School→Atlantic City High School
Based on grade levels within Atlantic City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
12.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
5.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.8% | 5.6% |
| 2023-24 | 11.0% | 5.7% |
% 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
7.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 New York Avenue School
New York Avenue School's state test result (7.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Avenue School this school | 550 | 91.8% | 7.6% |
| Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex Atlantic City | 544 | 91.0% | 11.8% |
| Pennsylvania Ave School Atlantic City | 566 | 85.7% | 15.7% |
| Whitney M. Young Jr. School JERSEY CITY | 623 | 86.7% | 6.5% |
| Jersey City Community Charter School JERSEY CITY | 561 | 82.5% | 28.5% |
| Uptown School Complex Atlantic City | 518 | 90.3% | 10.4% |
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 New York Avenue School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #1,276 of 1,290 | #38 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.6% | #1,305 of 1,319 ▼ 6 | #37 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #1,287 of 1,319 ▼ 5 | #37 of 38 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #308 of 1,562 | #14 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #458 of 1,390 | #23 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #669 of 1,392 | #21 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #43 of 1,481 | #3 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #461 of 798 | #16 of 27 |
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
550
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
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 | 550 | 52.9 | 10.4:1 | 92% (505) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 54.4 | 10.3:1 | 91% (512) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 53 | 10.8:1 | 93% (531) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 56 | 10.0:1 | 90% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 605 | 51.1 | 11.8:1 | 98% (591) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 53 | 11.6:1 | 91% (559) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 57 | 10.1:1 | 90% (515) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 92% (529) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 31 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New York Avenue School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (605 to 550); teachers up 4% (51.1 to 52.9).
About New York Avenue School
New York Avenue School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 550 students in pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students, so this school is 36% bigger than average.
Enrollment across the 11 schools in Atlantic City School District totals 6,339 students.
At New York Avenue School, Black students make up 61% of the student body. The remaining shares are 27% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Atlantic County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 52.9 full-time equivalents, or about 10.4 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 10.4:1 here. About 92% of students, or 505, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Atlantic County average 59%.
allk12 grades New York Avenue School an F. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In New Jersey, New York Avenue School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 7.6% actual against a predicted 15.9%.
Across Atlantic County, the median household income is $78,050, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Atlantic County is home to 77 public schools and about 41,964 public school students.
The closest public school to New York Avenue School is Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex, about 0.4 miles away. New York Avenue School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: New York Avenue School ranks 8th of 8 nearby schools, at 7.6% versus a 22.3% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 558 to 550, a small change.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at New York Avenue School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Atlantic City School District
- Atlantic City High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Sovereign Avenue SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Richmond Avenue SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Pennsylvania Ave SchoolElementary · 566 students
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr School ComplexElementary · 544 students
- Uptown School ComplexElementary · 518 students
Other schools in Atlantic City
- Atlantic City High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Sovereign Avenue SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Richmond Avenue SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Pennsylvania Ave SchoolElementary · 566 students
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr School ComplexElementary · 544 students
- Uptown School ComplexElementary · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex0.4 mi · 544
- Pennsylvania Ave School0.7 mi · 566
- Uptown School Complex0.8 mi · 518
- Texas Avenue School0.9 mi · 496
- Venice Park School1.0 mi · 39
- Brighton Avenue School1.2 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About New York Avenue SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at New York Avenue School?
New York Avenue School enrolls approximately 550 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does New York Avenue School serve?
New York Avenue School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at New York Avenue School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at New York Avenue School.
How diverse is New York Avenue School?
New York Avenue School reports a student body of 0% White, 27% Hispanic, 61% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees New York Avenue School?
New York Avenue School is overseen by Atlantic City School District in Atlantic County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.