Sussex Avenue School Burnet Street School
307 Sussex Ave Newark NJ, 07107, Essex County Phone: 973-268-5200 Ranking: (1,733 out of 1,847, bottom 6%)* 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: | 38 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 34 | |||||||
Total Students: | 489 | 462 | 426 | 386 | 471 | 492 | 500 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 27 | 5.5% | 26 | 5.6% | 21 | 4.9% | 3 | 0.8% | 28 | 5.9% | 25 | 5.1% | 21 | 4.2% |
Kindergarten: | 33 | 6.7% | 47 | 10.2% | 55 | 12.9% | 43 | 11.1% | 45 | 9.6% | 53 | 10.8% | 67 | 13.4% |
Grade 1: | 64 | 13.1% | 67 | 14.5% | 45 | 10.6% | 43 | 11.1% | 50 | 10.6% | 61 | 12.4% | 55 | 11.0% |
Grade 2: | 69 | 14.1% | 49 | 10.6% | 44 | 10.3% | 47 | 12.2% | 57 | 12.1% | 63 | 12.8% | 52 | 10.4% |
Grade 3: | 46 | 9.4% | 50 | 10.8% | 43 | 10.1% | 48 | 12.4% | 57 | 12.1% | 53 | 10.8% | 52 | 10.4% |
Grade 4: | 68 | 13.9% | 46 | 10.0% | 52 | 12.2% | 46 | 11.9% | 46 | 9.8% | 44 | 8.9% | 62 | 12.4% |
Grade 5: | 48 | 9.8% | 49 | 10.6% | 37 | 8.7% | 35 | 9.1% | 43 | 9.1% | 50 | 10.2% | 45 | 9.0% |
Grade 6: | 48 | 9.8% | 45 | 9.7% | 34 | 8.0% | 35 | 9.1% | 52 | 11.0% | 39 | 7.9% | 52 | 10.4% |
Grade 7: | 45 | 9.2% | 36 | 7.8% | 37 | 8.7% | 47 | 12.2% | 48 | 10.2% | 44 | 8.9% | 50 | 10.0% |
Grade 8: | 40 | 8.2% | 46 | 10.0% | 53 | 12.4% | 39 | 10.1% | 45 | 9.6% | 44 | 8.9% | 32 | 6.4% |
Ungraded: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 5 | 1.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 16 | 3.3% | 12 | 2.4% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 247 | 50.5% | 234 | 50.6% | 222 | 52.1% | 195 | 50.5% | 255 | 54.1% | 268 | 54.5% | 254 | 50.8% |
Female: | 242 | 49.5% | 228 | 49.4% | 204 | 47.9% | 191 | 49.5% | 216 | 45.9% | 224 | 45.5% | 242 | 48.4% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 6 | 1.2% |
Hispanic: | 251 | 51.3% | 224 | 48.5% | 208 | 48.8% | 189 | 49.0% | 200 | 42.5% | 210 | 42.7% | 205 | 41.0% |
Black: | 233 | 47.6% | 237 | 51.3% | 216 | 50.7% | 195 | 50.5% | 267 | 56.7% | 278 | 56.5% | 287 | 57.4% |
White: | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.8% | 3 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 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: | 395 | 80.8% | 387 | 83.8% | 348 | 81.7% | 354 | 91.7% | 410 | 87.0% | 410 | 83.3% | 411 | 82.2% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 21 | 4.3% | 23 | 5.0% | 22 | 5.2% | 14 | 3.6% | 33 | 7.0% | 34 | 6.9% | 29 | 5.8% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 12.87 | 13.20 | 12.80 | 12.45 | 14.27 | 14.90 | 14.70 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 45% | 54.2% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 68.5% | 58.3% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 57.1% | 58.6% | 82.4% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 70.5% | 63.1% | 83.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 65.2% | 68.8% | 86.1% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 33.3% | 40.5% | 62.9% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 28.3% | 38.0% | 59.8% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 48.5% | 41.6% | 63.0% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 35.7% | 41.9% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 27.8% | 42.1% | 66.4% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 37.7% | 50.4% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 77.0% | 62.9% | 82.5% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 75.6% | 68.7% | 86.8% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 75.4% | 69.8% | 87.3% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 60.4% | 69.4% | 86.8% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 64.8% | 52.3% | 75.4% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 52.8% | 56.0% | 78.3% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 62.5% | 57.9% | 78.9% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 52.4% | 53.0% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 27.3% | 50.4% | 77.7% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 55.0% | 52.7% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 73.3% | 61.9% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 40.4% | 61.3% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 66.7% | 59.7% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 70.6% | 59.9% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 60.4% | 67.6% | 82.7% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 48.8% | 40.4% | 63.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 31.0% | 35.8% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 32% | 36.1% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 48.3% | 34.1% | 58.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 12.7% | 30.5% | 59.4% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 21.0% | 42.9% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 57.8% | 54.0% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 27.4% | 59.6% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 62.8% | 63.7% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 79.2% | 69.2% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 78.6% | 74.2% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 72.1% | 54.4% | 73.1% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 66.6% | 54.7% | 77.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 52% | 54.9% | 79.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 63.4% | 52.2% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 50.0% | 49.0% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 30.6% | 53.7% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 42.9% | 59.5% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 66.7% | 60.9% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 49.1% | 70.2% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67.4% | 76.4% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 85.7% | 80.3% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 54% | 70.4% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 78.3% | 74.2% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 57.1% | 69.2% | 89.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 65.2% | 66.0% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 28.6% | 32.3% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 38.7% | 39.6% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 35.7% | 38.6% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 15.4% | 30.0% | 60.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 19.5% | 30.3% | 62.1% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 25.0% | 30.5% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 50.0% | 61.2% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 57.2% | 53.1% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 44.9% | 59.0% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 54.8% | 55.9% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 51.3% | 55.9% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 43.9% | 58.2% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 41.0% | 52.4% | 79.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 51.1% | 47.2% | 75.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 17.3% | 28.2% | 57.3% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 25% | 42.3% | 70.1% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 26.8% | 34.6% | 65.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 15.4% | 39.9% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 21.1% | 35.0% | 66.2% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 53.3% | 55.1% | 79% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 40.4% | 44.8% | 72.2% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 19.2% | 42.3% | 71.2% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 57.1% | 48.9% | 72.1% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 43.6% | 55.4% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 42.1% | 53.4% | 78.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 51.3% | 53.5% | 80.1% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 38.8% | 39.8% | 70.5% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 37.8% | 44.6% | 72.4% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 28% | 41.1% | 69.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 29.3% | 33.6% | 63.3% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 20% | 29.6% | 61.0% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 10.8% | 33.4% | 65.2% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 39.5% | 39.2% | 66.3% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 30.6% | 34.4% | 64.5% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 33.3% | 39.7% | 66.8% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 18% | 34.2% | 64.6% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 36.2% | 40.4% | 65.7% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 17.5% | 34.1% | 63.2% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 48.9% | 56.5% | 81.4% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 52.1% | 56.4% | 82.5% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 36% | 58.0% | 82.9% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 50% | 57.1% | 82.1% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 56% | 57.7% | 82.2% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 42.6% | 56.0% | 81.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 35.4% | 37.2% | 67.7% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 41.6% | 42.4% | 71.8% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 24.5% | 41.0% | 69.0% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 37.6% | 45.4% | 71.5% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 38% | 45.2% | 71.6% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 14.9% | 42.4% | 69.3% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 62.5% | 65.0% | 84.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 58.4% | 62.5% | 84.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 44.9% | 60.9% | 83.3% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 39.6% | 56.3% | 81.2% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 50% | 57.8% | 81.9% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 16.4% | 50.0% | 79.0% |
GEPA | ||||||
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 37.2% | 43.3% | 73.8% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 42.3% | 44.5% | 71.8% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 48.9% | 47.1% | 72.3% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 41.8% | 44.9% | 74.2% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 43.9% | 49.9% | 73.7% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 15.6% | 26.4% | 56.7% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 28.8% | 35.5% | 61.7% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 53% | 30.3% | 62.4% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 31.8% | 31.2% | 64.5% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 35.7% | 35.3% | 68.4% |
2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 24.4% | 33.1% | 72.9% |
2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 32.7% | 41.9% | 74.7% |
2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 54% | 43.3% | 76.8% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 64.4% | 48.9% | 79.0% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 50.0% | 48.0% | 78.9% |
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* Sussex Avenue School Burnet Street School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.