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Academy Street Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 6

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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
14 Academy Street
Dover, NJ 07801
Phone
(973) 989-2030
District
DOVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
MORRIS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
470
Classroom Teachers
37

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

4

(10 is best)

Better than 33.3% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Academy Street Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

50 40 30 20 10 0
24%
43%
21%
42%
26%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
36%
43%
51%
48%
20%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
29%
42%
37%
48%
20%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
44%
38%
58%
46%
30%
30%
44%
38%
58%
46%
30%
30%
    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
13
14
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 0 0.0%
Kindergarten 82 17.4%
Grade 1 47 10.0%
Grade 2 62 13.2%
Grade 3 78 16.6%
Grade 4 65 13.8%
Grade 5 55 11.7%
Grade 6 61 13.0%
Total 470 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 3.2% 4.5% 41.1%
Black 1.7% 3.7% 15.3%
Hispanic 94.4% 89.9% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 1.7% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 70.9% 43.0% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 56.8% 34.3% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 14.0% 8.7% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 20,084 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 7,063.1 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.3% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.7% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.8% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.5% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 11.8% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,348 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 8.1% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 73.5% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 14.7% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.9% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.1% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.4% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.7% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.1% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.2% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 9.5% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,135 $32,594,160 50.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,453 $4,672,848 7.3%
Staff $291 $935,856 1.5%
General Administration $507 $1,630,512 2.5%
School Administration $1,105 $3,553,680 5.5%
Operation $1,243 $3,997,488 6.2%
Transportation $231 $742,896 1.2%
Other $230 $739,680 1.2%
Total Support $5,060 $16,272,960 25.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,768 $15,333,888 23.9%
Total Expenditures $19,963 $64,201,008 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,252 $16,876,633,536 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,485 $3,422,916,968 10.0%
Staff $778 $1,071,908,147 3.1%
General Administration $448 $617,313,228 1.8%
School Administration $1,106 $1,523,858,437 4.4%
Operation $2,059 $2,835,591,380 8.3%
Transportation $773 $1,065,361,101 3.1%
Other $557 $766,792,454 2.2%
Total Support $8,206 $11,303,690,627 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,415 $6,081,668,713 17.8%
Total Expenditures $24,874 $34,262,079,216 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%