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Elizabeth Public Schools, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending

Elizabeth Public Schools runs 37 public schools with 28,454 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is 1.3 higher than the New Jersey figure of 11.7.

At a glance

Schools: 37
Students: 28,454
Teachers (FTE): 2,181
Students per teacher: 13.0; NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3

Address: 500 North Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07208
Phone: (908)436-5000
County: Union County
Locale: Suburb: Large
Grades offered: PK to 12
Agency type: Regular local school district
NCES district ID: 3404590
State district ID: NJ-391320
Total staff (FTE): 4,343
School counselors (FTE): 54.0About 527 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE): 58.0

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Students per teacher compared

This district13.0

New Jersey11.7

United States15.3

2020 finance data

From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (28,090), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.

Total revenue: $672.4 million
Federal revenue: $48.1 million
State revenue: $553.0 million
Local revenue: $71.3 million
Total spending: $633.7 million
Spending per pupil: $22,558
Salaries: $312.0 million49.2% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year): $0

Where revenue came from

Federal: 7.2%
State: 82.2%
Local: 10.6%

New Jersey overall

Federal: 5.1%
State: 41.6%
Local: 53.2%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$22,558

New Jersey$25,026

United States$16,826

Schools in Elizabeth Public Schools

By level: 8 high, 2 middle, 24 elementary, 3 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.


Abraham Lincoln School No. 14	Elementary	K to 8	793	12.2
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy	High	9 to 12	1,272	14.6
Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy	High	9 to 12	1,015	16.1
Benjamin Franklin School No. 13	Elementary	K to 8	392	10.9
Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30	Elementary	PK to 8	729	13.5
Christopher Columbus School No. 15	Elementary	K to 8	672	12.9
Donald Stewart Early Childhood Center No 51	Prekindergarten	PK	310	12.9
Dr. Albert Einstein Academy School No. 29	Elementary	PK to 8	785	12.9
Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27	Elementary	PK to 8	934	14.6
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 52	Prekindergarten	PK	301	12.0
Dr. Orlando Edreira Academy School No. 26	Elementary	PK to 8	718	11.6
Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell Academy	High	9 to 12	1,268	18.1
Elmora School No. 12	Elementary	PK to 8	658	14.0
Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center No 50	Prekindergarten	PK	306	13.9
George Washington Academy School No. 1	Elementary	PK to 8	595	12.1
iPrep Academy School No 8	Elementary	K to 8	397	12.0
J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy	High	9 to 12	415	13.8
Jerome Dunn Academy No 9	Elementary	K to 8	856	14.5
John E. Dwyer Technology Academy	High	9 to 12	1,348	14.5
John Marshal School No. 20	Elementary	K to 8	452	13.3
Joseph Battin School No 4	Elementary	PK to 8	757	11.3
Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28	Elementary	PK to 8	878	12.0
K. Johnson D. Vaughan and M. Jackson STEM Academy	High	9 to 12	740	17.2
Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5	Elementary	PK to 8	767	11.3
Madison Monroe School No. 16	Elementary	PK to 8	644	12.2
Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23	Elementary	K to 8	667	12.1
Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3	Elementary	K to 8	765	13.0
Robert Morris School No. 18	Elementary	K to 8	471	11.8
Sonia Sotomayor School No 25	Elementary	K to 8	591	12.8
Terence C. Reilly School No 7	Middle	2 to 8	1,130	14.1
Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy	High	9 to 12	842	14.3
Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy	High	9 to 12	1,144	14.5
Toussaint L'Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 6	Elementary	PK to 8	1,001	12.4
Victor Mravlag School No. 21	Elementary	PK to 8	634	12.2
William F. Halloran School No.22	Middle	2 to 8	1,140	14.4
Winfield Scott School No. 2	Elementary	PK to 8	630	12.1
Woodrow Wilson School No. 19	Elementary	PK to 8	563	12.8

Nearby and related

Other districts in Union County

Plainfield Public School District 10,195 students
Township of Union School District 8,030 students
Linden Public School District 6,664 students
Westfield Public School District 5,931 students
Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District 5,752 students
Rahway Public School District 4,311 students
Summit Public School District 4,013 students
Cranford Public School District 3,793 students
Roselle Public School District 3,220 students
Hillside Public School District 3,010 students
Berkeley Heights School District 2,349 students
New Providence School District 2,298 students
Clark Township Public School District 2,297 students
Springfield Public School District 2,229 students
Roselle Park Public School District 2,071 students

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.