Enrollment
225
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134003503
Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School
150 Newton Street, NEWARK, NJ 07103 · (973) 733-8675 · Essex County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL225 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
165 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 58 | 26% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (21).
Student demographics
48%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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
57.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
40.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 40.9% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 35.3% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% 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 17 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 Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School
Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School this school | 225 | 73.3% | 43.1% |
| Oakwood Avenue Community School ORANGE | 272 | 75.0% | 19.1% |
| Gables Elementary School NEPTUNE | 284 | 76.1% | 20.4% |
| Cadwalader Elementary School TRENTON | 200 | 80.0% | 8.8% |
| Deanna G. Taylor Academy HILLSIDE | 202 | 72.8% | 26.7% |
| Grover Cleveland Elementary School NEWARK | 321 | 76.9% | 13.5% |
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 Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #679 of 1,290 | #54 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #770 of 1,319 ▲ 56 | #61 of 141 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #541 of 1,319 ▲ 61 | #57 of 141 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 225 | #1,345 of 1,562 | #140 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #1,321 of 1,390 | #110 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #870 of 1,392 | #71 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.3% | #309 of 1,481 | #57 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
225
+168 (+295%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 4.1:1
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 | 225 | 14.5 | 15.5:1 | 73% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 220 | 16.5 | 13.3:1 | 75% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 176 | 16 | 11.0:1 | 71% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 57 | 14 | 4.1:1 | 33% (19) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School.
About Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School
Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School is a small elementary school in NEWARK, New Jersey, administered by Newark Public School District. The student body numbers 225 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405, so this school runs 44% smaller than that.
Newark Public School District has 65 schools and 41,502 students, and Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School, 67%, are Black. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Essex County's residents are about 36% Black, 31 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School counts 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.5 students for each one. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is lower than this school's figure. About 73% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 54% for public schools in Essex County.
allk12 grades Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 17.1 points (43.1% versus 26.0%), a top-10% result in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations.
Essex County census figures show that median household income is about $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School is among the 249 public schools in Essex County.
The next-closest public school is New Horizons Community Charter School, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School's average proficiency of 43.1% compares with 29.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School is City: Large.
The 2020-21 count was 57 students and the 2024-25 count was 225. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 4.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.5:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Sir Isaac Newton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School?
Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School enrolls approximately 225 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School serve?
Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School.
How diverse is Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School?
Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 26% Hispanic, 67% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School?
Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School is overseen by Newark Public School District in Essex County.
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