Quitman Street School

As a sprawling elementary school in NEWARK, New Jersey, Quitman Street School caters to 706 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Newark Public School District. That puts it 74% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Quitman Street School lists that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 40% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Quitman Street School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Quitman Street School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Quitman Street School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 9.7%.

Around the school, Essex County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Quitman Street School is one.

American History High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Quitman Street School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 21.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 23%: 576 students in 2018 compared to 706 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 75% to 54%. Class-load math has grew: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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