Lafayette Street School
205 Lafayette St Newark NJ, 07105, Essex County Phone: 973-465-4860 Ranking: (1,013 out of 1,847, bottom 45%)* Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8 School District: Newark City School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 73 | 71 | 55 | 49 | 50 | 59 | 59 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,054 | 1,114 | 1,085 | 957 | 956 | 981 | 807 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 85 | 8.1% | 90 | 8.1% | 97 | 8.9% | 84 | 8.8% | 97 | 10.1% | 101 | 10.3% | 36 | 4.5% |
Kindergarten: | 102 | 9.7% | 195 | 17.5% | 206 | 19.0% | 156 | 16.3% | 203 | 21.2% | 191 | 19.5% | 122 | 15.1% |
Grade 1: | 129 | 12.2% | 137 | 12.3% | 157 | 14.5% | 124 | 13.0% | 97 | 10.1% | 104 | 10.6% | 111 | 13.8% |
Grade 2: | 136 | 12.9% | 127 | 11.4% | 99 | 9.1% | 99 | 10.3% | 104 | 10.9% | 108 | 11.0% | 78 | 9.7% |
Grade 3: | 117 | 11.1% | 98 | 8.8% | 96 | 8.8% | 103 | 10.8% | 102 | 10.7% | 76 | 7.7% | 89 | 11.0% |
Grade 4: | 100 | 9.5% | 99 | 8.9% | 103 | 9.5% | 98 | 10.2% | 73 | 7.6% | 91 | 9.3% | 95 | 11.8% |
Grade 5: | 105 | 10.0% | 110 | 9.9% | 94 | 8.7% | 70 | 7.3% | 86 | 9.0% | 88 | 9.0% | 60 | 7.4% |
Grade 6: | 106 | 10.1% | 100 | 9.0% | 70 | 6.5% | 83 | 8.7% | 79 | 8.3% | 60 | 6.1% | 79 | 9.8% |
Grade 7: | 90 | 8.5% | 68 | 6.1% | 85 | 7.8% | 77 | 8.0% | 57 | 6.0% | 66 | 6.7% | 69 | 8.6% |
Grade 8: | 71 | 6.7% | 81 | 7.3% | 72 | 6.6% | 55 | 5.7% | 56 | 5.9% | 71 | 7.2% | 56 | 6.9% |
Ungraded: | 13 | 1.2% | 9 | 0.8% | 6 | 0.6% | 8 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.2% | 25 | 2.5% | 12 | 1.5% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 533 | 50.6% | 540 | 48.5% | 532 | 49.0% | 471 | 49.2% | 467 | 48.8% | 497 | 50.7% | 408 | 50.6% |
Female: | 521 | 49.4% | 574 | 51.5% | 553 | 51.0% | 486 | 50.8% | 489 | 51.2% | 484 | 49.3% | 395 | 48.9% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 4 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% |
Hispanic: | 786 | 74.6% | 805 | 72.3% | 736 | 67.8% | 669 | 69.9% | 644 | 67.4% | 606 | 61.8% | 492 | 61.0% |
Black: | 18 | 1.7% | 18 | 1.6% | 18 | 1.7% | 14 | 1.5% | 22 | 2.3% | 32 | 3.3% | 17 | 2.1% |
White: | 244 | 23.1% | 282 | 25.3% | 325 | 30.0% | 270 | 28.2% | 287 | 30.0% | 340 | 34.7% | 295 | 36.6% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 849 | 80.6% | 930 | 83.5% | 870 | 80.2% | 752 | 78.6% | NA | NA | 608 | 62.0% | 487 | 60.3% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 56 | 5.3% | 95 | 8.5% | 88 | 8.1% | 82 | 8.6% | NA | NA | 168 | 17.1% | 105 | 13.0% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.44 | 15.69 | 19.56 | 19.53 | 19.12 | 16.60 | 13.70 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 62.2% | 54.2% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 83.3% | 58.3% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 85.9% | 58.6% | 82.4% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 77.7% | 63.1% | 83.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 82.2% | 68.8% | 86.1% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 56.4% | 40.5% | 62.9% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 52.4% | 38.0% | 59.8% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 67.9% | 41.6% | 63.0% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 70.1% | 41.9% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 69.3% | 42.1% | 66.4% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 73.4% | 50.4% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 75.9% | 62.9% | 82.5% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 91.5% | 68.7% | 86.8% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 80.2% | 69.8% | 87.3% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 83.0% | 69.4% | 86.8% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 63.3% | 52.3% | 75.4% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 69.5% | 56.0% | 78.3% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 88.0% | 57.9% | 78.9% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 83.5% | 53.0% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 91.4% | 50.4% | 77.7% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 78.1% | 52.7% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67.2% | 61.9% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 80.1% | 61.3% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 81.1% | 59.7% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 82.8% | 59.9% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 87.8% | 67.6% | 82.7% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 57.1% | 40.4% | 63.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 54.8% | 35.8% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 60% | 36.1% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 53.7% | 34.1% | 58.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 59.4% | 30.5% | 59.4% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 83.6% | 42.9% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 80.3% | 54.0% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 82.4% | 59.6% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 97.3% | 63.7% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 94.0% | 69.2% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 92.4% | 74.2% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 73.9% | 54.4% | 73.1% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 84.9% | 54.7% | 77.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 76.2% | 54.9% | 79.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 78.3% | 52.2% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67.4% | 49.0% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 75.3% | 53.7% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.3% | 59.5% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 86.4% | 60.9% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 87.1% | 70.2% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 89.2% | 76.4% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.9% | 80.3% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 90.1% | 70.4% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.3% | 74.2% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 87.2% | 69.2% | 89.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 94.6% | 66.0% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 81.7% | 32.3% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 63.4% | 39.6% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 59.7% | 38.6% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 52.1% | 30.0% | 60.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 53.9% | 30.3% | 62.1% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 58.1% | 30.5% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 98.6% | 61.2% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 96.8% | 53.1% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 85.6% | 59.0% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 90.9% | 55.9% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 91.6% | 55.9% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 83.7% | 58.2% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 89.1% | 52.4% | 79.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 84.6% | 47.2% | 75.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 48.8% | 28.2% | 57.3% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 73.1% | 42.3% | 70.1% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 59.5% | 34.6% | 65.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 67.8% | 39.9% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 59.2% | 35.0% | 66.2% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 92.3% | 55.1% | 79% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 75.1% | 44.8% | 72.2% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 72.0% | 42.3% | 71.2% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 73.4% | 48.9% | 72.1% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 82.7% | 55.4% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 72.3% | 53.4% | 78.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 73.7% | 53.5% | 80.1% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 65.8% | 39.8% | 70.5% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 79.7% | 44.6% | 72.4% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 63.4% | 41.1% | 69.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 45.6% | 33.6% | 63.3% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 52.9% | 29.6% | 61.0% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 61.9% | 33.4% | 65.2% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 64.0% | 39.2% | 66.3% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 74.0% | 34.4% | 64.5% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 79.7% | 39.7% | 66.8% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 60.7% | 34.2% | 64.6% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 72.5% | 40.4% | 65.7% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 68.5% | 34.1% | 63.2% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 52.1% | 33.2% | 63.5% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 75.4% | 56.5% | 81.4% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 88.5% | 56.4% | 82.5% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 89.7% | 58.0% | 82.9% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 88.1% | 57.1% | 82.1% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 79.3% | 57.7% | 82.2% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 79.1% | 56.0% | 81.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 74.2% | 37.2% | 67.7% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 85.7% | 42.4% | 71.8% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 86.2% | 41.0% | 69.0% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 76.3% | 45.4% | 71.5% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 73.5% | 45.2% | 71.6% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 81.4% | 42.4% | 69.3% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 86.4% | 65.0% | 84.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 95.7% | 62.5% | 84.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 96.6% | 60.9% | 83.3% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 86.5% | 56.3% | 81.2% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 80.8% | 57.8% | 81.9% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 68.6% | 50.0% | 79.0% |
GEPA | ||||||
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 67.2% | 43.3% | 73.8% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 80.2% | 44.5% | 71.8% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 75.3% | 47.1% | 72.3% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 73.7% | 44.9% | 74.2% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 67.2% | 49.9% | 73.7% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 62.9% | 26.4% | 56.7% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 77.9% | 35.5% | 61.7% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 75.3% | 30.3% | 62.4% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 73.7% | 31.2% | 64.5% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 68.7% | 35.3% | 68.4% |
2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 55.7% | 33.1% | 72.9% |
2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 67.5% | 41.9% | 74.7% |
2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 79.7% | 43.3% | 76.8% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 77.7% | 48.9% | 79.0% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 83.6% | 48.0% | 78.9% |
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* Lafayette Street School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.