Florence Avenue School
1324 Springfield Ave
Irvington NJ, 07111, Essex County
Phone: 973-399-6861
Ranking: (1,768 out of 1,847, bottom 4%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Irvington Township 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: | 36 | 35 | 37 | 36 | 42 | 47 | 44 | |||||||
Total Students: | 571 | 587 | 451 | 545 | 544 | 543 | 542 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 95 | 16.6% | 123 | 21.0% | 33 | 7.3% | 85 | 15.6% | 97 | 17.8% | 92 | 16.9% | 85 | 15.7% |
Grade 1: | 128 | 22.4% | 122 | 20.8% | 78 | 17.3% | 121 | 22.2% | 110 | 20.2% | 95 | 17.5% | 105 | 19.4% |
Grade 2: | 100 | 17.5% | 84 | 14.3% | 105 | 23.3% | 91 | 16.7% | 77 | 14.2% | 85 | 15.7% | 89 | 16.4% |
Grade 3: | 79 | 13.8% | 105 | 17.9% | 93 | 20.6% | 82 | 15.0% | 96 | 17.6% | 96 | 17.7% | 89 | 16.4% |
Grade 4: | 99 | 17.3% | 86 | 14.7% | 73 | 16.2% | 84 | 15.4% | 81 | 14.9% | 92 | 16.9% | 95 | 17.5% |
Grade 5: | 70 | 12.3% | 66 | 11.2% | 69 | 15.3% | 82 | 15.0% | 83 | 15.3% | 83 | 15.3% | 79 | 14.6% |
Ungraded: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 261 | 45.7% | 278 | 47.4% | 237 | 52.5% | 282 | 51.7% | 277 | 50.9% | 280 | 51.6% | 278 | 51.3% |
Female: | 310 | 54.3% | 309 | 52.6% | 214 | 47.5% | 263 | 48.3% | 267 | 49.1% | 263 | 48.4% | 260 | 48.0% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 5 | 0.9% | 3 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.6% |
Hispanic: | 200 | 35.0% | 180 | 30.7% | 104 | 23.1% | 90 | 16.5% | 89 | 16.4% | 57 | 10.5% | 38 | 7.0% |
Black: | 357 | 62.5% | 397 | 67.6% | 341 | 75.6% | 452 | 82.9% | 452 | 83.1% | 481 | 88.6% | 501 | 92.4% |
White: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 6 | 1.1% | 7 | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 495 | 86.7% | 493 | 84.0% | 388 | 86.0% | 390 | 71.6% | 377 | 69.3% | 330 | 60.8% | 413 | 76.2% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 38 | 6.7% | 49 | 8.3% | 34 | 7.5% | 51 | 9.4% | 40 | 7.4% | 58 | 10.7% | 35 | 6.5% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.86 | 16.85 | 12.34 | 15.14 | 12.95 | 9.70 | 12.30 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 58.3% | 49.3% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 49.1% | 58.4% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 45% | 63.6% | 82.4% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 47.6% | 62.5% | 83.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 70.2% | 72.1% | 86.1% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 23.6% | 41.3% | 62.9% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 19.6% | 33.7% | 59.8% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 31.6% | 33.2% | 63.0% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 36.6% | 41.8% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 37.6% | 38.6% | 66.4% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 51.3% | 37.0% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 39.3% | 50.4% | 82.5% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 47.7% | 67.4% | 86.8% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 53.1% | 65.3% | 87.3% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 61.7% | 67.1% | 86.8% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 42.1% | 49.4% | 75.4% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 44.2% | 52.0% | 78.3% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 51.8% | 49.4% | 78.9% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 45.9% | 54.6% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 40.6% | 52.6% | 77.7% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 56.8% | 54.0% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67% | 61.4% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 58.3% | 65.3% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 61% | 64.6% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 39.2% | 62.5% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 64.1% | 68.4% | 82.7% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 34.4% | 44.5% | 63.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 25.6% | 31.2% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 30.2% | 33.9% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 28.2% | 32.6% | 58.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 24.7% | 28.6% | 59.4% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 35.8% | 34.6% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 38.2% | 42.9% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 55.6% | 52.6% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 55.3% | 66.5% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 44.1% | 65.8% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 54.7% | 63.0% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 51.1% | 55.7% | 73.1% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 53.6% | 52.1% | 77.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 55.2% | 56.6% | 79.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 26.6% | 50.3% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 57.7% | 52.4% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 49.6% | 53.5% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 50.5% | 57.4% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 35.3% | 57.3% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 54.8% | 61.3% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 63.0% | 74.9% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 78.5% | 79.1% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 69.0% | 75.4% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 68.4% | 77.4% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 75.3% | 74.9% | 89.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 71.9% | 75.0% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 25.7% | 38.9% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 32.9% | 47.4% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 35.9% | 40.1% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 35.4% | 37.2% | 60.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 29.5% | 35.6% | 62.1% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 32.2% | 28.7% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 61.5% | 64.1% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 39.8% | 49.8% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 36% | 49.8% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 55.7% | 57.2% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 63.2% | 60.6% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 61.5% | 67.8% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 40.4% | 48.1% | 79.9% |
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* Florence Avenue School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.