Elizabeth Public Schools
Public school district based in Elizabeth, New Jersey. NCES district ID 3404590; state ID NJ-391320.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
37
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
27,580
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
2,067.5
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
13.3
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 2,512 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,754 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,918 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,833 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,954 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,933 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,854 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,922 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,912 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,944 | |
| Grade 9 | 2,137 | |
| Grade 10 | 2,101 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,915 | |
| Grade 12 | 1,891 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.1% | |
| Asian | 1.5% | |
| Black or African American | 14.8% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 77.2% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.2% | |
| Two or more races | Suppressed | |
| White | 6.3% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 49.6% | |
| Male | 50.4% | |
| Not Specified | 0.1% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Suburb 37.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John E. Dwyer Technology Academy Elizabeth | 9–12 | Regular | 1,348 | 93.5 | 14.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy Elizabeth | 9–12 | Regular | 1,272 | 87.0 | 14.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy Elizabeth | 9–12 | Regular | 1,268 | 70.0 | 18.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy Elizabeth | 9–12 | Regular | 1,144 | 79.0 | 14.5 | Suburb: Large |
| William F. Halloran School No.22 Elizabeth | 2–8 | Regular | 1,140 | 79.5 | 14.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Terence C. Reilly School No 7 Elizabeth | 2–8 | Regular | 1,130 | 80.0 | 14.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy Elizabeth | 9–12 | Regular | 1,015 | 63.0 | 16.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 1,001 | 81.0 | 12.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 934 | 64.5 | 14.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 878 | 73.0 | 12 | Suburb: Large |
| Jerome Dunn Academy No 9 Elizabeth | K–8 | Regular | 856 | 59.5 | 14.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy Elizabeth | 9–12 | Regular | 842 | 59.0 | 14.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Abraham Lincoln School No. 14 Elizabeth | K–8 | Regular | 793 | 65.5 | 12.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Dr. Albert Einstein Academy School No. 29 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 785 | 61.0 | 12.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 767 | 68.0 | 11.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 Elizabeth | K–8 | Regular | 765 | 59.5 | 12.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Joseph Battin School No 4 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 757 | 67.5 | 11.2 | Suburb: Large |
| K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy Elizabeth | 9–12 | Regular | 740 | 43.0 | 17.2 | Suburb: Large |
| Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 729 | 54.0 | 13.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Dr. Orlando Edreira Academy School No. 26 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 718 | 62.0 | 11.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Christopher Columbus School No. 15 Elizabeth | K–8 | Regular | 672 | 52.5 | 12.8 | Suburb: Large |
| Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 Elizabeth | K–8 | Regular | 667 | 55.5 | 12 | Suburb: Large |
| Elmora School No. 12 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 658 | 47.5 | 13.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Madison Monroe School No. 16 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 644 | 53.5 | 12 | Suburb: Large |
| Victor Mravlag School No. 21 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 634 | 52.5 | 12.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Winfield Scott School No. 2 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 630 | 52.0 | 12.1 | Suburb: Large |
| George Washington Academy School No. 1 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 595 | 49.5 | 12 | Suburb: Large |
| Sonia Sotomayor School No 25 Elizabeth | K–8 | Regular | 591 | 46.0 | 12.8 | Suburb: Large |
| Woodrow Wilson School No. 19 Elizabeth | PK–8 | Regular | 563 | 44.5 | 12.7 | Suburb: Large |
| Robert Morris School No. 18 Elizabeth | K–8 | Regular | 471 | 40.0 | 11.8 | Suburb: Large |
| John Marshal School No. 20 Elizabeth | K–8 | Regular | 452 | 34.0 | 13.3 | Suburb: Large |
| J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy Elizabeth | 9–12 | Regular | 415 | 30.0 | 13.8 | Suburb: Large |
| iPrep Academy School No 8 Elizabeth | K–8 | Regular | 397 | 33.5 | 11.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 Elizabeth | K–8 | Regular | 392 | 36.0 | 10.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Donald Stewart Early Childhood Center No 51 Elizabeth | PK | Regular | 310 | 24.0 | 12.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center No 50 Elizabeth | PK | Regular | 306 | 22.0 | 13.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 52 Elizabeth | PK | Regular | 301 | 25.0 | 12 | Suburb: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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