University Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1 University Place

Irvington NJ, 07111, Essex County

Phone: 973-399-6826

Ranking:

(1,696 out of 1,847, bottom 8%)*

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		33		37		35		40		40		38
Total Students:	568		564		565		553		532		544		513
Kindergarten:	100	17.6%	105	18.6%	110	19.5%	98	17.7%	86	16.2%	95	17.5%	88	17.2%
Grade 1:	110	19.4%	110	19.5%	95	16.8%	99	17.9%	90	16.9%	97	17.8%	91	17.7%
Grade 2:	99	17.4%	76	13.5%	106	18.8%	87	15.7%	100	18.8%	94	17.3%	88	17.2%
Grade 3:	87	15.3%	85	15.1%	81	14.3%	101	18.3%	92	17.3%	88	16.2%	92	17.9%
Grade 4:	79	13.9%	95	16.8%	101	17.9%	88	15.9%	78	14.7%	94	17.3%	82	16.0%
Grade 5:	86	15.1%	87	15.4%	72	12.7%	80	14.5%	86	16.2%	76	14.0%	72	14.0%
Ungraded:	7	1.2%	6	1.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	283	49.8%	287	50.9%	265	46.9%	290	52.4%	285	53.6%	272	50.0%	247	48.1%
Female:	285	50.2%	277	49.1%	300	53.1%	263	47.6%	247	46.4%	272	50.0%	262	51.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%
Asian:	3	0.5%	9	1.6%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	42	7.4%	50	8.9%	37	6.5%	32	5.8%	19	3.6%	16	2.9%	11	2.1%
Black:	523	92.1%	505	89.5%	527	93.3%	519	93.9%	513	96.4%	526	96.7%	497	96.9%
White:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	0.8%
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%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	446	78.5%	442	78.4%	384	68.0%	367	66.4%	315	59.2%	351	64.5%	341	66.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	39	6.9%	53	9.4%	66	11.7%	69	12.5%	58	10.9%	65	11.9%	52	10.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.78		17.09		15.45		15.80		13.30		11.30		13.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	39.1%	41.3%	N/A
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	35.2%	33.7%	N/A
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	31.3%	33.2%	N/A
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	47.1%	41.8%	N/A
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	33.3%	38.6%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	54.5%	49.4%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	57.8%	52.0%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	49.1%	49.4%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	69.1%	54.6%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	45.1%	52.6%	N/A
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	33.0%	44.5%	N/A
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	37.0%	31.2%	N/A
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	29.7%	33.9%	N/A
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	29%	32.6%	N/A
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	31.6%	28.6%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	48.4%	55.7%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	61.5%	52.1%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	64.2%	56.6%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	50.6%	50.3%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	55.1%	52.4%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	81.3%	74.9%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	91.6%	79.1%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	75.0%	75.4%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	80.9%	77.4%	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	78.3%	74.9%	N/A
2009	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	44.9%	47.4%	N/A
2010	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	31.8%	40.1%	N/A
2011	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	29.7%	37.2%	N/A
2012	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	37.7%	35.6%	N/A
2013	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	26.9%	28.7%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	56.4%	49.8%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	52.3%	57.2%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	64.4%	60.6%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	82.6%	67.8%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	42.7%	48.1%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* University Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.