Peshine Avenue School

Peshine Avenue School is a primary school of large scale in NEWARK, New Jersey, operated by Newark Public School District, teacheing 635 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 57% bigger than the state mean of about 405.

Newark Public School District comprises 65 schools with combined enrollment of 41,502 students; Peshine Avenue School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Peshine Avenue School lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 42% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Peshine Avenue School records 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Essex County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Peshine Avenue School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.6%, the actual is 14.2%, a residual of -8.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Essex County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Essex County's 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), Peshine Avenue School is one campus in the mix.

TEAM Academy Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Peshine Avenue School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Peshine Avenue School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 19.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Peshine Avenue School has ticked down 13%, going from 731 students in 2018 to 635 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 90% to 56%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Peshine Avenue School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.