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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Speedway Avenue School this year?
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Enrollment
525
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134002356
Speedway Avenue School
701 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE, NEWARK, NJ 07106 · (973) 374-2740 · Essex County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% 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
13.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
468 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 | 59 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 31% larger than its 8th grade class (45).
Student demographics
35%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
33.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
16.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.1% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 24.1% | 13.5% |
% 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
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Speedway Avenue School
Speedway Avenue School's state test result (18.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speedway Avenue School this school | 525 | 89.1% | 18.4% |
| Grove Street Elementary School IRVINGTON | 443 | 90.3% | 18.3% |
| Chancellor Avenue School NEWARK | 607 | 88.3% | 16.3% |
| Chancellor Avenue Elementary School IRVINGTON | 455 | 85.3% | 21.0% |
| Avon Avenue School NEWARK | 485 | 77.7% | 12.0% |
| Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex Atlantic City | 544 | 91.0% | 11.8% |
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 Speedway Avenue School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #1,152 of 1,290 | #106 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #1,201 of 1,319 ▲ 2 | #117 of 141 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #1,057 of 1,319 ▲ 102 | #102 of 141 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #349 of 1,562 | #45 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,078 of 1,390 | #72 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.9% | #1,154 of 1,392 | #108 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #66 of 1,481 | #9 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #121 of 798 | #10 of 73 |
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
525
-54 (-9%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 525 | 40.5 | 13.0:1 | 89% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 40.5 | 13.7:1 | 82% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 86% (488) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 91% (528) |
| 2017-18 | 685 | 41 | 16.7:1 | 92% (631) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 75% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 289 | 15 | 19.3:1 | 74% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 246 | 22 | 11.2:1 | 92% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 21 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Speedway Avenue School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (685 to 525); teachers down 1% (41 to 40.5).
About Speedway Avenue School
Speedway Avenue School is an elementary school in NEWARK, New Jersey, and it is part of Newark Public School District. The school serves 525 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 30% above that.
Newark Public School District is responsible for 65 schools, Speedway Avenue School included, with 41,502 students in all.
Roughly 78% of students at Speedway Avenue School are Black. Other reported shares: 19% Hispanic. Essex County's residents are about 36% Black, 42 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 35%, meaning two students picked at random have a 35% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.0:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The school's lunch program data list 89% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Essex County averages 54%, lower than here.
Speedway Avenue School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 19% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Speedway Avenue School scores 18.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 17.4%.
Speedway Avenue School is located in Essex County, where the median household income is $80,789, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides Speedway Avenue School, Essex County has 248 other public schools.
Fourteenth Avenue School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Speedway Avenue School. On state test proficiency, Speedway Avenue School ranks 4th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Speedway Avenue School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 525 students in 2024-25, 54 fewer than the 579 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.0:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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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Other schools in NEWARK
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- East Side High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Barringer High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Marion P. Thomas Charter SchoolCombined · 1,410 students
Nearby schools
- Fourteenth Avenue School0.2 mi · 104
- Pride Academy Charter School0.6 mi · 300
- Langston Hughes Elementary School0.6 mi · 554
- Grove Street Elementary School0.6 mi · 443
- Dionne Warwick Institute0.7 mi · 379
- West Side High School0.7 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About Speedway Avenue SchoolHow large is Speedway Avenue School?
Speedway Avenue School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Speedway Avenue School serve?
Speedway Avenue School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Speedway Avenue School have?
Speedway Avenue School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Speedway Avenue School?
Student demographics at Speedway Avenue School are roughly 0% White, 19% Hispanic, 78% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Speedway Avenue School?
Speedway Avenue School is overseen by Newark Public School District in Essex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.