Avon Ave School

219 Avon Ave, Newark, NJ 07108 | (973) 733-6750
  • Grades: KG-8
  • Student Enrollment: 618
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3 out of 5 | 3 Reviews
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School Description

School Summary and Highlights
Additional Contact Information
  • Principal or Admin: Denise Cooper
School Operational Details
  • Title I Eligible
    All students of this school are eligible for participation in authorized programs.
School District Details
  • Newark City School District
  • Per-Pupil Spending: $25,201
  • Graduation Rate: 72.8%
  • Dropout Rate: 2.7%
  • Students Per Teacher: 15.4
  • Enrolled Students: 39,443

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty
  • Total Students Enrolled: 618
  • Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 35.0
  • Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 17.7
Students Gender Breakdown
  • Males: 310 (50.2%)
  • Females: 308 (49.8%)
Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown
  • Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 30 (4.9%)
  • Eligible for Free Lunch: 502 (81.2%)
  • Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 532 (86.1%)
Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity
Avon Ave School Student Race Distribution
  Number Percent
American Indian--
Black58594.7%
Asian--
Hispanic325.2%
White10.2%
Number of Students Per Grade
Number of Students Per Grade For Avon Ave School
  Number Percent
Kindergarten6811.0%
1st Grade437.0%
2nd Grade569.1%
3rd Grade6510.5%
4th Grade579.2%
5th Grade569.1%
6th Grade7912.8%
7th Grade9415.2%
8th Grade7111.5%
Ungraded294.7%
Source: NJ Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

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Overall Rating: 3

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3 reviews for Avon Ave School

  • Reviewed by Student on November 17, 2008
  • Rating: 3 (3 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
  • This school is okay iss not to bad and not good. Its becoming better then it use to be mad bad. but over all its a good school
  • Reviewed by Student on October 02, 2007
  • Rating: 5 (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
  • This IS A Great School And I Wish All The Students Are So Special To Yall Im Sorry I Came(in first grade)And Left (and came back for third) And Left(and came back for sixth) and hopefully i'm stayin!
  • Reviewed by Student on February 26, 2007
  • Rating: 1 (1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
  • this school boring what would make it fun would our funfest we used to have every year but we don't do that any more

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