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Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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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
27 Martin Luther King Jr Plaza
Elizabeth, NJ 07201
Phone
(908) 436-6767
District
ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
UNION COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1062
Classroom Teachers
87

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

3

(10 is best)

Better than 26.0% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
31%
40%
57%
47%
5%
33%
31%
40%
57%
47%
5%
33%
    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
12
13
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 329 31.0%
Grade 10 218 20.5%
Grade 11 222 20.9%
Grade 12 231 21.8%
Total 1062 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 5.9% 7.4% 41.1%
Black 17.7% 16.6% 15.3%
Hispanic 75.7% 74.1% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 1.7% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 61.9% 66.8% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 54.3% 58.2% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.5% 8.6% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 135,772 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 11,057.9 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.6% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.4% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.8% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.5% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 10.7% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 44,354 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 18.1% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 75.1% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 14.6% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.2% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.3% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.8% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.0% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 22.0% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.2% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 9.5% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,315 $341,975,235 54.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,534 $70,366,646 11.1%
Staff $521 $14,467,649 2.3%
General Administration $259 $7,192,171 1.1%
School Administration $804 $22,326,276 3.5%
Operation $2,689 $74,670,841 11.8%
Transportation $440 $12,218,360 1.9%
Other $633 $17,577,777 2.8%
Total Support $7,880 $218,819,720 34.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,604 $72,310,476 11.4%
Total Expenditures $22,799 $633,105,431 100.0%
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%