Elliott Street Elementary School, Newark NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Elliott Street Elementary School

Elliott Street Elementary School is a regular public school in Newark that serves students from prekindergarten through eighth grade. It is part of the Newark Public School District, a large urban district that the New Jersey Department of Education recently designated a High Performing District, a milestone following a period of state oversight that ended years earlier.

The school serves a large, predominantly Hispanic student body, with a much smaller share of Black students and very small numbers of White, Asian, and multiracial students. A substantial majority of students come from low-income households, as measured by free- or reduced-price meal eligibility.

On state assessments, the school’s performance is uneven and largely falls below the midpoint of what districts across Essex County report. The school’s overall proficiency index, which averages results across tested subjects and grades, places it in the bottom quartile of the county’s districts. In English language arts, the school shows a pattern of variation by grade. In third grade, a sizable share of students met the proficiency standard on the state test. In sixth, seventh, and eighth grades, the share of proficient students was moderate. Fourth and fifth grade proficiency was lower. In math, results were weaker across the board. Proficiency rates were low in every tested grade, with the highest share of proficient students appearing in third grade and the lowest in fourth grade. Science results, tested in fifth and eighth grades, were very low, with only a small fraction of students reaching proficiency in either grade.

Because Elliott Street Elementary serves only up to eighth grade and does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. That absence reflects the school’s grade structure, not a gap in data.

The school is located in Newark, a dense, mixed-use city that is New Jersey’s most populous. The city has a strong employment base anchored by major corporate headquarters, several universities, a large port, and Newark Liberty International Airport. Downtown Newark holds office space, law firms, government complexes, and cultural venues such as the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and the Prudential Center. The residential neighborhoods are organized into five wards, each with a distinct character. Public schools are distributed throughout these wards. The district has recently opened several new career-themed high schools, expanding choice for families, though those options begin after eighth grade and are not directly relevant to an elementary and middle school student’s current experience.

Housing in the zip code where Elliott Street is situated is relatively expensive by national standards, with home values that have seen a slight decline over the past year and rents that have risen. The broader county market shows a moderate number of active and pending listings, with homes selling fairly quickly, suggesting a market that is still active but not overheated.

For a family considering this school, the picture is straightforward. The school serves a large, economically diverse student body within a large urban district that has recently received a state-level designation of high performance. Academic results on state tests are strongest in English language arts at certain grade levels but weak in math and science across all grades. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what supports are in place for math and science instruction and how the school addresses the variation in literacy outcomes by grade. The peer environment reflects the demographics of the surrounding neighborhood, and the broader city context offers a dense urban setting with extensive public transit, major employers, and a growing slate of high school options through the district.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 28% · ▲ 8 pts above district

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

Grade 410%

School 10% · District 23% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 22% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 625%

School 25% · District 18% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 9 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 717%

School 17% · District 21% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

Grade 816%

School 16% · District 12% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 28% · ▲ 14 pts above district

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

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 30% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 31% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 36% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 742%

School 42% · District 38% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 844%

School 44% · District 39% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 512%

School 12% · District 10% · ▲ 1 pts above district

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

Grade 85%

School 5% · District 6% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below 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.