Ann Street School, Newark NJ - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ann Street School

Ann Street School is a regular public school in Newark’s East Ward, serving kindergarten through eighth grade as part of the Newark Public School District. It is a large school for its grade band, drawing from a dense, urban neighborhood in a city that is New Jersey’s most populous and its largest employment center. The school sits in a community shaped by the Port Newark-Elizabeth terminal, Newark Liberty International Airport, and a downtown core of corporate headquarters, law firms, and university campuses. The housing market in the area shows home values and rents that are above the national median, and the county market has a moderate number of active listings with a median listing price that is high relative to the national benchmark.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial share of white students and a very small number of Black and Asian students. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic need. The school serves kindergarten through eighth grade, and because it does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report.

On state assessments, Ann Street School’s results show a mixed picture. In English language arts, the school’s performance generally improves as students move up through the grades. By the upper elementary and middle school years, a majority of students meet the state’s proficiency standard, with the strongest results in seventh and eighth grade. In math, the pattern is more uneven. Proficiency rates in the middle elementary grades are moderate, but by eighth grade the share of students meeting the standard drops sharply. Science results follow a similar pattern, with a modest share of fifth graders meeting the bar and a very small share of eighth graders doing so. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly around math and science instruction in the upper grades. The school’s overall proficiency index, which averages results across tested subjects and grades, places it below the midpoint relative to districts in Essex County.

The school is part of the Newark Public School District, which was declared a High Performing District by the New Jersey Department of Education in mid-2026, a notable shift for a system that was under state control for many years. The district has also launched a strategic plan running through 2030 and has opened several new career-themed high schools, though those are not directly relevant to Ann Street’s K-8 students. The school itself does not offer high school programs, so the district’s expanding high school options would matter to families when their children reach that transition point.

Ann Street School is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. It is a large K-8 school in a dense urban setting, serving a student body with high economic need. Its academic results are strongest in English language arts, particularly in the middle school grades, while math and science proficiency in eighth grade are areas where the school’s performance is notably lower. Families considering this school should weigh its ELA strengths against the math and science challenges in the upper grades, and should also consider the broader district context of recent improvement and new high school options for when their children age out of Ann Street.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 28% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 23% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 22% · ▲ 26 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 18% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 743%

School 43% · District 21% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 89%

School 9% · District 12% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 28% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 30% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 31% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 656%

School 56% · District 36% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 757%

School 57% · District 38% · ▲ 19 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 862%

School 62% · District 39% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Science

Grade 530%

School 30% · District 10% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 89%

School 9% · District 6% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

This schoolNewark Public School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income32%Higher-income50%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income53%Higher-income48%5 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income67%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income55%Higher-income62%7 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income49%Higher-income83%34 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income57%Higher-income85%28 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income30%Higher-income50%20 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income41%Higher-income48%7 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income44%Higher-income68%25 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income30%Higher-income57%27 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income37%Higher-income62%25 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income11%Higher-income0%11 pp gap