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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Salome Urena Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134003374
SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
284 First Avenue, Newark, NJ 07104 · (973) 733-8280 · Essex County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
17.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
449 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 | 39 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 15% larger than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
26%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
31.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
21.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.5% | 21.8% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 19.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (20.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 516 | 87.0% | 20.1% |
| Washington Community School PLAINFIELD | 557 | 87.6% | 14.4% |
| Carroll Robbins Elementary School TRENTON | 459 | 85.2% | 12.8% |
| Oak Street Elem School LAKEWOOD | 513 | 91.4% | 24.1% |
| Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School PERTH AMBOY | 559 | 83.7% | 22.8% |
| Woodrow Wilson School No. 19 ELIZABETH | 563 | 87.7% | 27.8% |
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 SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #1,124 of 1,290 | #99 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #1,122 of 1,319 ▼ 26 | #99 of 141 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #1,083 of 1,319 ▲ 106 | #106 of 141 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #372 of 1,562 | #49 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,365 of 1,390 | #129 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.3% | #1,256 of 1,392 | #128 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #99 of 1,481 | #19 of 142 |
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
516
+148 (+40%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 516 | 30 | 17.2:1 | 87% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 83% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 40 | 11.1:1 | 81% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 36 | 10.2:1 | 84% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 196 | 20.5 | 9.6:1 | 86% (168) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 163% (196 to 516); teachers up 46% (20.5 to 30).
About SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Newark, New Jersey, is home to SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 516 students in pre-K through 8. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll around 405, and this school is 27% larger than that mark.
Newark Public School District is the local district for SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It runs 65 schools with 41,502 students.
Hispanic students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. It is also 7% Black, 3% Native American, and 2% White. Essex County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 60 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 26, compared with 70 nationally.
SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 11.4:1. The school has 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 54% average for public schools in Essex County is 33 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 22% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (20.1%) and its predicted rate (18.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
In the wider Essex County area, median household income comes to about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Essex County's 249 public schools enroll about 145,473 students and include SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
First Avenue School sits about 0.2 miles from SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th among 7 schools close by.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 516, up from 368 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 10.2:1 to 17.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
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- First Avenue School0.2 mi · 1,084
- Abington Avenue School0.3 mi · 842
- Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School0.6 mi · 690
- Carteret Elementary School0.7 mi · 383
- Shelia Y. Oliver Academy0.7 mi · 413
- Early Childhood School - North0.8 mi · 1,076
Frequently asked questions
About SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 516 students in grades PK-08.
Is SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 85% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SALOME URENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of Newark Public School District.
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