Wilson Avenue School

Set in NEWARK, New Jersey, Wilson Avenue School is a high-enrollment elementary school, part of Newark Public School District. It works with 1,006 students across grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 148% bigger than typical.

Newark Public School District comprises 65 schools with combined enrollment of 41,502 students; Wilson Avenue School is among them.

Demographically, Wilson Avenue School reports that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 35% White. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Wilson Avenue School records 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at Wilson Avenue School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Essex County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wilson Avenue School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.3%, the actual is 31.7%, a residual of +12.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Essex County put the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Wilson Avenue School is one.

Ann Street School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 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), Wilson Avenue School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilson Avenue School has fell 13%, going from 1,156 students in 2018 to 1,006 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.