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Enrollment
747
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134003061
Park Elementary School
120 MANCHESTER PLACE, Newark, NJ 07104 · (973) 268-5210 · Essex County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL747 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
618 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 | 48 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (79).
Student demographics
27%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
54.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
39.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 35.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.9%
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 Park Elementary School
Park Elementary School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Elementary School this school | 747 | 82.7% | 39.7% |
| Rafael Hernandez School NEWARK | 713 | 82.9% | 11.5% |
| John P. Holland Charter School Woodland | 787 | 86.0% | 34.9% |
| Roberto Clemente Elementary School NEWARK | 742 | 86.7% | 21.2% |
| Abraham Lincoln School No. 14 ELIZABETH | 793 | 84.5% | 25.4% |
| Joseph Battin School No 4 ELIZABETH | 757 | 85.2% | 28.5% |
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 Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #756 of 1,290 | #60 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #803 of 1,319 ▲ 29 | #62 of 141 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #594 of 1,319 ▼ 46 | #61 of 141 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 747 | #84 of 1,562 | #16 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,064 of 1,390 | #69 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.1% | #1,248 of 1,392 | #126 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #177 of 1,481 | #38 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #385 of 798 | #29 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
747
-101 (-12%) vs 2020
+15% since 2010-11, when it was 650
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 747 | 58 | 12.9:1 | 83% (618) |
| 2023-24 | 780 | 57 | 13.7:1 | 81% (635) |
| 2022-23 | 810 | 53 | 15.3:1 | 79% (643) |
| 2020-21 | 848 | 56 | 15.1:1 | 77% (652) |
| 2017-18 | 841 | 52 | 16.2:1 | 88% (739) |
| 2015-16 | 877 | 51 | 17.2:1 | 84% (734) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 34 | 19.1:1 | 90% (588) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (841 to 747); teachers up 12% (52 to 58).
About Park Elementary School
The public elementary school Park Elementary School is located in Newark, New Jersey. Students in pre-K through 8 attend, and enrollment is 747 students. The school's enrollment is 84% bigger than the 405 average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Park Elementary School is run by Newark Public School District, whose 65 schools enroll 41,502 students.
Federal enrollment data show Park Elementary School is 84% Hispanic. Other groups include 13% Black. The county population is about 25% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers at Park Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.9:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 83%. For comparison, public schools in Essex County average 54%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Park Elementary School is 20.9%. It actually posts 39.7%, which is 18.8 points higher and in the top 10% of New Jersey schools.
In the county around the school, Essex County, the median household income is $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 249 public schools in Essex County, enrolling about 145,473 students in all.
The closest public school to Park Elementary School is Ridge Street School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Park Elementary School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
The school enrolled 747 students in 2024-25, 101 fewer than the 848 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.1:1 to 12.9:1.
The Park Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
Other Park Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 19 states are named Park Elementary. Park Elementary School is the largest of the 26.
- Park Elementary SchoolHamilton, GA · 628 students
- Park ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 581 students
- PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAVON PARK, FL · 557 students
- Park ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 538 students
- Park Elementary SchoolColumbia, PA · 511 students
Nearby schools
- Ridge Street School0.4 mi · 593
- Belleville PS40.5 mi · 438
- Belleville PS100.7 mi · 164
- Elliott Street Elementary School0.7 mi · 880
- Newark School of Fashion & Design0.7 mi · 275
- Maria Varisco Rogers Charter School0.7 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Park Elementary School?
Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 747 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Park Elementary School serve?
Park Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Park Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Park Elementary School?
Park Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 84% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Park Elementary School?
Park Elementary School is overseen by Newark Public School District in Essex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.