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Black student results in Newark Public School District

Across 30 schools in Newark Public School District, 19.7% of Black students meet proficient. That is 5.2 points below the New Jersey average for Black students.

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26.1%
All students
19.7%
Black
18.8%
Hispanic
10.7%
White
47.7%
Asian

Average across the 30 schools in Newark Public School District with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 28 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Science Park High School reports 81.8% of Black students meeting the standard. Luis Muñoz Marin Elementary School, in the same district, reports 4.3%. That is a 77.5-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Newark Public School District

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Science Park High School Magnet 88.9% 81.8% 91.2% 10.7%
Michelle Obama Elementary School 76.3% 79.5%
Park Elementary School 47.2% 47.7% 47.7%
Mt Vernon Place School 31.1% 32.5% 22.9% 47.7%
Ivy Hill Elementary School 37.4% 28.9%
Speedway Avenue School 24.7% 24.4% 9.1%
Mckinley Elementary School 18.9% 22.9% 17.7%
South 17th Street School 25% 22.3% 0.3%
Peshine Avenue School 16.7% 21.4% 11.1%
Chancellor Avenue School 20.3% 21.3%
Thirteenth Avenue School 11.7% 18.1% 6.9%
Dr. E. Alma Flagg School 14.6% 17.8% 13.3%
Hawthorne Avenue School 19.6% 17.3% 0.2%
George Washington Carver Elementary School 11.4% 14.8% 4.7%
Camden Street Elementary School 12.7% 13.9% 6.4%
Quitman Street School 11.5% 13.9% 9%
Sussex Avenue School 20.2% 13.6% 18%
Lincoln Elementary School 13.2% 13.5% 20%
Avon Avenue School 18.6% 11.6% 2.7%
Rafael Hernandez School 10.8% 11.4% 10.5%
Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School 18.8% 9.5% 19%
Belmont Runyon Elementary School 17% 9.3% 26.2%
Grover Cleveland Elementary School 16.1% 9.1% 5.6%
Roberto Clemente Elementary School 27.4% 8.7% 27.3%
Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School 49.2% 8%
Louise A. Spencer Elementary School 27% 7.6% 27.7%
Harriet Tubman Elementary School 19.6% 5.8%
Luis Muñoz Marin Elementary School 25% 4.3% 28.2%
Elliott Street Elementary School 28.5% 0.3% 22.9%
Franklin Elementary School 22.7% 0.1% 22.5%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. New Jersey suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 756 of New Jersey's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, New Jersey figures should not be compared against another state's.

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