Sussex Avenue School

Sussex Avenue School is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in NEWARK, New Jersey, one of the schools within Newark Public School District, with 545 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 35% larger than typical.

Sussex Avenue School is one of 65 schools operated by Newark Public School District, a district that works with 41,502 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Sussex Avenue School logs that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 21% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Sussex Avenue School higher than the state norm the norm. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Essex County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sussex Avenue School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.0%, the actual is 16.3%, a residual of -2.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Essex County put 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%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Sussex Avenue School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dr. E. Alma Flagg School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sussex Avenue School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 25.2%.

Sussex Avenue School operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sussex Avenue School has grew 15%, going from 473 students in 2018 to 545 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 52% to 77% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Sussex Avenue School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.