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Enrollment
833
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341134002364
Thirteenth Avenue School
359 THIRTEENTH AVE, NEWARK, NJ 07103 · (973) 733-7045 · Essex County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL833 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
572 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 | 100 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 87 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 13% larger than its 8th grade class (87).
Student demographics
53%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
19.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
5.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.3% | 5.7% |
| 2023-24 | 12.9% | 6.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 29% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Thirteenth Avenue School
Thirteenth Avenue School's state test result (9.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thirteenth Avenue School this school | 833 | 68.7% | 9.4% |
| Lincoln Avenue Elementary School ORANGE | 728 | 71.8% | 21.6% |
| Abram P. Morris Early Childhood Center HILLSIDE | 625 | 69.3% | N/A |
| George Washington Carver Elementary School NEWARK | 736 | 63.6% | 9.7% |
| Senator Frank Lautenberg School PATERSON | 605 | 70.2% | 5.3% |
| Mt Vernon Place School NEWARK | 905 | 76.1% | 27.1% |
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 Thirteenth Avenue School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #1,257 of 1,290 | #131 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.7% | #1,304 of 1,319 ▼ 14 | #140 of 141 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #1,232 of 1,319 ▲ 37 | #130 of 141 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 833 | #45 of 1,562 | #13 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,343 of 1,390 | #117 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #730 of 1,392 | #49 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.7% | #371 of 1,481 | #68 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.4% | #82 of 545 | #11 of 61 |
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
833
+214 (+35%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 1,249
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 833 | 52 | 16.0:1 | 69% (572) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 46 | 12.8:1 | 69% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 52 | 11.3:1 | 80% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 53 | 11.7:1 | 81% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 54 | 12.5:1 | 92% (620) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 60 | 11.8:1 | 89% (630) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 93% (459) |
| 2000-01 | 837 | 80 | 10.5:1 | 93% (780) |
| 1990-91 | 1,249 | 92 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thirteenth Avenue School.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (675 to 833); teachers down 4% (54 to 52).
About Thirteenth Avenue School
In NEWARK, New Jersey, Thirteenth Avenue School is a high-enrollment elementary school. It teaches 833 students in pre-K through 8. By comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll about 405 students on average.
Thirteenth Avenue School is part of a district of 65 schools: Newark Public School District, with 41,502 students.
Federal enrollment data show Thirteenth Avenue School is 53% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 44% Black. The county population is about 25% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Thirteenth Avenue School scores 53%.
There are 52 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.0:1. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 4.6 students per teacher. On the income side, 69% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Essex County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Thirteenth Avenue School lands at F, ahead of 1% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Thirteenth Avenue School is a bottom-10% school in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 9.4% against a predicted 28.6%.
For the population of Essex County, 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 Thirteenth Avenue School.
About 0.1 miles separate Thirteenth Avenue School from the closest public school, John F. Kennedy School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Thirteenth Avenue School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Thirteenth Avenue School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 619 to 833, a 35% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.7:1 to 16.0:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Thirteenth Avenue School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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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Nearby schools
- John F. Kennedy School0.1 mi · 143
- West Side High School0.3 mi · 541
- Michelle Obama Elementary School0.3 mi · 198
- LEAD Charter School0.4 mi · 333
- Camden Street Elementary School0.5 mi · 685
- Nelson Mandela Elementary School0.6 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Thirteenth Avenue SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thirteenth Avenue School?
Thirteenth Avenue School enrolls approximately 833 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Thirteenth Avenue School serve?
Thirteenth Avenue School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thirteenth Avenue School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thirteenth Avenue School is approximately 16.0:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Thirteenth Avenue School?
Student demographics at Thirteenth Avenue School are roughly 0% White, 53% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Thirteenth Avenue School public or private?
Thirteenth Avenue School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newark Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.