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Michelle Obama Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
186 14th Avenue
Newark, NJ 07103
Phone
(973) 662-2621
District
Newark Public School District
County
ESSEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
169
Classroom Teachers
16

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

8

(10 is best)

Better than 79.0% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Michelle Obama Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
65%
47%
60%
50%
70%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
15
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 55 32.5%
Kindergarten 32 18.9%
Grade 1 30 17.8%
Grade 2 33 19.5%
Grade 3 9 5.3%
Grade 4 10 5.9%
Total 169 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 0.0% 6.3% 40.1%
Black 88.7% 34.2% 15.1%
Hispanic 10.7% 58.1% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.8% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.6% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 81.7% 75.6% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 71.0% 67.4% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.7% 8.3% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 307,188 9,290,841
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 12,723.4 1,259
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.6% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.1% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.1% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.3% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 10.9% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 113,748 3,478,355
Single Parent Households With Children 16.5% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 77.2% 90.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 17.4% 42.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.4% 32.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.2% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.9% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.3% 12.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.0% 10.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.9% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 18.4% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,591 $538,770,000 35.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $3,390 $145,074,000 9.6%
Staff $1,824 $78,047,000 5.2%
General Administration $231 $9,884,000 0.7%
School Administration $900 $38,493,000 2.6%
Operation $2,993 $128,061,000 8.5%
Transportation $1,024 $43,839,000 2.9%
Other $556 $23,804,000 1.6%
Total Support $10,918 $467,202,000 31.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $11,704 $500,807,000 33.2%
Total Expenditures $35,213 $1,506,779,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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