Harriet Tubman Elementary School

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Harriet Tubman Elementary School is a public school in Newark, New Jersey, serving 326 students in grades PK-8. The school is part of the Newark Public School District, which is ranked 559 out of 615 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Harriet Tubman Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of New Jersey elementary schools, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its students perform significantly below state and district averages on standardized tests, with proficiency rates ranging from just 8.8% to 37.5% in English Language Arts and 0% to 10.3% in Mathematics. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism, ranging from 14.3% to 38.1% over the past several years. These challenges are likely exacerbated by the fact that 86.5% of Harriet Tubman's students come from low-income families.

The issues faced by Harriet Tubman Elementary are not unique, as nearby schools in the Newark Public School District, such as Thirteenth Avenue School, Avon Avenue School, and Camden Street Elementary School, exhibit similar patterns of low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and high percentages of students from low-income backgrounds. This suggests that the challenges are systemic within the district and will require a comprehensive, collaborative effort to address the underlying social and economic factors that contribute to the achievement gap.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 504 S Tenth St
       Newark, NJ  07103-1802


(973) 733-6934

District: Newark Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1270th of 1,342 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,921 Help


Students who attend Harriet Tubman Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Barringer High School
    Central High School
    East Side High School
    Malcolm X Shabazz High School
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Student/teacher ratio:  10.8 Help
Number of students:  326

Racial breakdown:

African American:
90.2%
Hispanic:
9.5%
American Indian:
0.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  86.5% Help


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Compare Details Harriet Tubman Elementary School ranks worse than 94.6% of elementary schools in New Jersey. It also ranks 24th among 38 ranked elementary schools in the Newark Public School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 8.55. (See more...)
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Compare Details Harriet Tubman Elementary School ranks worse than 91% of middle schools in New Jersey. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.85. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (90.2%), Hispanic (9.5%), American Indian (0.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 86.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Harriet Tubman Elementary School is 10.8, which is the 3rd best among 38 elementary schools in the Newark Public School District. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Harriet Tubman Elementary School is $9,921. 23 elementary schools in the Newark Public School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Harriet Tubman Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Harriet Tubman Elementary School 1270th of 1342 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See Harriet Tubman Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Harriet Tubman Elementary School 681st of 748 New Jersey public middle schools. (See Harriet Tubman Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Newark Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Newark Public School District 559th of 615 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Harriet Tubman Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 21.56 967th 1204 19.7%
2004 55.09 742nd 1298 42.8%
2005 54.62 761st 1303 41.6%
2006 50.73 826th 1314 37.1%
2007 70.16 461st 1329 65.3%
2008 78.93 199th 1338 85.1%
2009 49.19 825th 1346 38.7%
2010 48.72 845th 1354 37.6%
2011 40.32 956th 1360 29.7%
2012 22.88 1124th 1363 17.5%
2013 22.49 1127th 1367 17.6%
2014 21.30 1136th 1363 16.7%
2015 22.42 1073rd 1357 20.9%
2016 7.08 1266th 1346 5.9%
2017 10.93 1210th 1352 10.5%
2018 12.96 1194th 1353 11.8%
2019 17.99 1142nd 1360 16.0%
2021 9.18 1229th 1317 6.7%
2022 9.08 1263rd 1345 6.1%
2023 8.55 1270th 1342 5.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.56 908th 1001 9.3%
2019 14.49 897th 1007 10.9%
2021 20.99 701st 868 19.2%
2023 15.71 847th 958 11.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.77 729th 942 22.6%
2019 43.78 501st 948 47.2%
2022 10.09 771st 863 10.7%
2023 8.38 802nd 910 11.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.09 1135th 1333 14.9%
2019 25.54 1031st 1331 22.5%
2021 11.43 1183rd 1290 8.3%
2022 9.50 1221st 1326 7.9%
2023 9.66 1211th 1318 8.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.75 1170th 1334 12.3%
2019 15.16 1144th 1335 14.3%
2021 10.16 1190th 1297 8.2%
2022 10.62 1201st 1324 9.3%
2023 10.27 1195th 1315 9.1%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.78 249th 517 51.8%
2019 52.01 239th 522 54.2%
2021 29.28 350th 456 23.2%
2022 29.61 368th 494 25.5%
2023 25.78 377th 463 18.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 8.57 892nd 953 6.4%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Harriet Tubman Elementary School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 16.82 538th 652 17.5%
2022 15.30 648th 745 13.0%
2023 12.85 681st 748 9.0%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 16.75 370th 401 7.7%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 18.94 382nd 467 18.2%
2023 30.31 399th 568 29.8%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 16.73 530th 625 15.2%
2022 19.69 592nd 726 18.5%
2023 12.54 653rd 720 9.3%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 19.69 488th 635 23.1%
2022 12.23 674th 730 7.7%
2023 16.87 611th 718 14.9%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 44.26 141st 291 51.5%
2022 38.33 218th 356 38.8%
2023 29.39 275th 361 23.8%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Harriet Tubman Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 0 570 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 575
1989 0 539 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 549
1990 0 638 0 8 0 n/a n/a 0 646
1991 0 603 0 14 0 n/a n/a 0 617
1992 0 524 0 9 0 n/a n/a 0 533
1993 0 444 0 12 0 n/a n/a 0 456
1994 2 450 0 8 0 n/a n/a 0 460
1995 4 366 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 380
1996 4 366 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 380
1998 2 353 0 12 0 n/a n/a 0 367
1999 0 317 0 20 0 n/a n/a 0 337
2000 2 269 0 12 0 n/a n/a 0 283
2001 3 302 0 7 0 n/a n/a 0 312
2002 3 294 0 19 0 n/a n/a 0 316
2003 3 294 0 19 0 n/a n/a 0 316
2004 0 289 0 23 0 n/a n/a 0 312
2005 0 272 0 19 0 n/a n/a 0 291
2006 0 259 0 19 0 n/a n/a 0 278
2007 0 257 0 17 0 n/a n/a 0 274
2008 0 260 0 12 0 n/a n/a 0 272
2009 0 269 0 18 0 0 0 0 287
2010 0 277 2 18 0 0 0 0 297
2011 0 235 2 11 0 0 0 0 248
2012 0 260 1 5 0 0 0 0 266
2013 1 285 1 9 0 0 0 0 296
2014 1 277 1 12 0 0 0 0 291
2015 1 300 1 21 0 0 0 0 323
2016 1 312 1 24 0 0 0 0 338
2017 3 330 2 31 2 0 0 0 368
2018 3 354 2 31 0 0 0 0 390
2019 2 344 1 24 1 0 0 0 372
2020 0 357 2 24 2 0 0 0 385
2021 0 346 0 26 1 0 0 0 373
2022 1 348 0 39 1 0 0 0 389
2023 0 294 0 31 1 0 0 0 326

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Harriet Tubman Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 575 28.0 20.5 n/a
1989 549 28.0 19.6 n/a
1990 646 28.0 23.0 55.3
1991 617 28.0 22.0 60.8
1992 533 31.0 17.1 62.9
1993 456 33.0 13.8 74.1
1994 460 32.0 14.4 70.7
1995 380 27.0 14.1 65
1996 380 27.0 14.1 65
1998 367 29.0 12.7 77.1
1999 337 25.0 13.5 68.2
2000 283 25.0 11.3 80.2
2001 312 25.2 12.4 80.4
2002 316 27.0 11.7 74.1
2003 316 27.0 11.7 74.1
2004 312 27.0 11.6 65.4
2005 291 27.0 10.8 n/a
2006 278 28.0 9.9 42.1
2007 274 25.0 11.0 81
2008 272 23.0 11.8 80.9
2009 287 23.2 12.5 82.6
2010 297 22.0 13.5 84.5
2011 248 19.0 13.0 84.7
2012 266 21.0 12.6 79.3
2013 296 22.0 13.4 85.8
2014 291 23.0 12.6 80.1
2015 323 27.0 11.9 76.8
2016 338 24.0 14.0 66.6
2017 368 24.0 15.3 64.4
2018 390 26.0 15.0 79.7
2019 372 28.0 13.2 71
2020 385 29.0 13.2 85.2
2021 373 28.0 13.3 79.6
2022 389 30.0 12.9 84.1
2023 326 30.0 10.8 86.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Harriet Tubman Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 575 28.0 20.5 n/a
1989 549 28.0 19.6 n/a
1990 646 28.0 23.0 55.3
1991 617 28.0 22.0 60.8
1992 533 31.0 17.1 62.9
1993 456 33.0 13.8 74.1
1994 460 32.0 14.4 70.7
1995 380 27.0 14.1 65
1996 380 27.0 14.1 65
1998 367 29.0 12.7 77.1
1999 337 25.0 13.5 68.2
2000 283 25.0 11.3 80.2
2001 312 25.2 12.4 80.4
2002 316 27.0 11.7 74.1
2003 316 27.0 11.7 74.1
2004 312 27.0 11.6 65.4
2005 291 27.0 10.8 n/a
2006 278 28.0 9.9 42.1
2007 274 25.0 11.0 81
2008 272 23.0 11.8 80.9
2009 287 23.2 12.5 82.6
2010 297 22.0 13.5 84.5
2011 248 19.0 13.0 84.7
2012 266 21.0 12.6 79.3
2013 296 22.0 13.4 85.8
2014 291 23.0 12.6 80.1
2015 323 27.0 11.9 76.8
2016 338 24.0 14.0 66.6
2017 368 24.0 15.3 64.4
2018 390 26.0 15.0 79.7
2019 372 28.0 13.2 71
2020 385 29.0 13.2 85.2
2021 373 28.0 13.3 79.6
2022 389 30.0 12.9 84.1
2023 326 30.0 10.8 86.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Harriet Tubman Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $469 (4.7%) $9,452 (95.3%) $9,921

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Harriet Tubman Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1142nd of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 1270th of 1342 Elementary schools
 10.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Harriet Tubman Elementary School)38.78.8
 29.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Newark Public School District)28.519.1
 9.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Harriet Tubman Elementary School)40.98.8
 32.1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Newark Public School District)35.419.8
 15.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Harriet Tubman Elementary School)2515.4
 9.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Newark Public School District)32.922.3
 10.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.451.3
 6.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Harriet Tubman Elementary School)19.410
 9.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Newark Public School District)3217.3
 14.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)5144.3
 6.7%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Harriet Tubman Elementary School)42.225.6
 16.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Newark Public School District)32.325.3
 7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.953.2
 4.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Harriet Tubman Elementary School)24.410.3
 14.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Newark Public School District)23.913.1
 10.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)46.840.1
 6.7%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Harriet Tubman Elementary School)27.113.6
 13.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Newark Public School District)35.426.9
 8.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)56.149
 7.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Harriet Tubman Elementary School)23.92.3
 21.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Newark Public School District)21.113.2
 7.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)40.634.3
 6.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students372326
 12.4%
African American344294
 14.5%
American Indian11
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic2431
 29.2%
Pacific Islander00
White20
 100%
Two or More Races00
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients71%86.5%
 15.5%


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Students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School are 90% African American, 10% Hispanic.

In the 2022-23 school year, 326 students attended Harriet Tubman Elementary School.

Harriet Tubman Elementary School ranks in the bottom 5.4% of New Jersey elementary schools.


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