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What advice would you give to incoming students at Oliver Street School?
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Enrollment
1,034
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134002330
Oliver Street School
86 OLIVER ST, NEWARK, NJ 07105 · (973) 465-4870 · Essex County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,034 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
13.4:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
858 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 | 89 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 118 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 117 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 21% smaller than its 8th grade class (117).
Student demographics
49%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
51.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
37.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.8% | 37.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.4% | 35.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 21% 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 19 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 Oliver Street School
Oliver Street School's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Street School this school | 1,034 | 83.0% | 39.6% |
| Wilson Avenue School NEWARK | 1,006 | 85.7% | 31.7% |
| East Ward Elementary School Newark | 854 | 88.8% | 12.6% |
| Ann Street School NEWARK | 1,294 | 83.2% | 39.0% |
| South Street Elementary School NEWARK | 866 | 88.0% | 24.9% |
| Lafayette Street School NEWARK | 1,213 | 87.3% | 34.0% |
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 Oliver Street School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #758 of 1,290 | #61 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #845 of 1,319 ▼ 24 | #68 of 141 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #661 of 1,319 ▲ 47 | #69 of 141 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,034 | #10 of 1,562 | #5 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,158 of 1,390 | #80 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #834 of 1,392 | #64 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.0% | #172 of 1,481 | #36 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #780 of 798 | #72 of 73 |
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
1,034
-46 (-4%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 806
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 1,034 | 77 | 13.4:1 | 83% (858) |
| 2023-24 | 1,042 | 77 | 13.5:1 | 84% (871) |
| 2022-23 | 1,045 | 73 | 14.3:1 | 84% (875) |
| 2020-21 | 1,080 | 73 | 14.8:1 | 76% (823) |
| 2017-18 | 1,042 | 67 | 15.6:1 | 87% (911) |
| 2015-16 | 960 | 65 | 14.8:1 | 81% (779) |
| 2010-11 | 779 | 53 | 14.7:1 | 88% (684) |
| 2000-01 | 808 | 57 | 14.2:1 | 68% (552) |
| 1990-91 | 806 | 47 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oliver Street School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,042 to 1,034); teachers up 15% (67 to 77).
About Oliver Street School
NEWARK, New Jersey, is home to Oliver Street School, a high-enrollment elementary school. It covers pre-K through 8, with a total enrollment of 1,034 students. Enrollment is 155% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
Federal data list 65 schools in Newark Public School District, with 41,502 students enrolled.
Oliver Street School's enrollment is 63% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 33% White and 3% Black. Among people living in Essex County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. Oliver Street School has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 13.4 students per teacher and 77 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, lower than at this school. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in Essex County.
allk12 grades Oliver Street School a B+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Oliver Street School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey schools. It scores 39.6%; the prediction is 20.7%.
Within Essex County, median household income is about $80,789, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 249 public schools in Essex County, with a combined enrollment of about 145,473.
The school nearest to Oliver Street School is East Ward Elementary School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Oliver Street School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,080 in 2020-21 and 1,034 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.8:1 to 13.4:1.
The Oliver Street School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Lafayette Street SchoolElementary · 1,213 students
- First Avenue SchoolElementary · 1,084 students
- Early Childhood School - NorthElementary · 1,076 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
- East Ward Elementary School0.1 mi · 854
- South Street Elementary School0.2 mi · 866
- The Gray Charter School0.3 mi · 317
- Lafayette Street School0.4 mi · 1,213
- Great Oaks Legacy Charter School0.5 mi · 2,169
- Link Community Charter School0.6 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Oliver Street SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oliver Street School?
Oliver Street School enrolls approximately 1,034 students in grades PK-08.
Is Oliver Street School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oliver Street School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oliver Street School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oliver Street School is approximately 13.4:1 (77 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Oliver Street School?
Student demographics at Oliver Street School are roughly 33% White, 63% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Oliver Street School public or private?
Oliver Street School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newark Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.