South Street Elementary School

Located at 44-48 Hermon Street, in NEWARK, New Jersey, South Street Elementary School is a high-enrollment K-5 school that works with 866 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within Newark Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 114% bigger than the state mean of about 405.

Newark Public School District runs 65 schools in total, collectively educating 41,502 students. South Street Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, South Street Elementary School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school records 21% White, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Essex County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, South Street Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.9%.

Across the wider county, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. South Street Elementary School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

Nearest neighbor: Oliver Street School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Street Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.3%.

South Street Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. South Street Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 21% since 2018, when it stood at 714 (now 866). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 12% to 6%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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