South Street Elementary School
Grades: PK-8
Students: 864
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher
Ratio: 13:1
Student-Counselor
Ratio: 798:1
Certified Teachers: 84%
44-48 Hermon Street
Newark, NJ 07105
Newark, NJ 07105
(973) 465-4880
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
3/10
3/10
NA
Academic ProgressNA
College Readiness5/10
Community Reviews
My child attends this school for Kindergarten, I was thinking it would be a good school for her, but how wrong I was. This school does not care about the students, my child teacher was horrible, she waited to have the first meeting to let me know my child was struggling to be on special ed, this was
Posted by a parent on 8/18/2025The staff at South Street School are very involved with our kids. They have such great educators here. We didnt even know about this school until it was time for my daughter to go to kindergarten because the schools nearby were overcrowded. However, Im happy that they were. Lastly, Security staff is
Posted by a parent on 1/13/2015My son is in pre k, his teacher won't let him drink water, did not let him eat his snack because he di not want to rest. Thats an absurd! I am currently looking for another school to enroll him in
Posted by a parent on 10/28/2014Our First Grader is reading, writing, and doing math at higher than grade level and we are impressed with her progress this year. Compliments to school and staff for producing great results in student satisfaction and performance. Proud Grandparents Mike and Gayle Engle
Posted by a community member on 3/24/2014The building is very old. Do not have any extra-curricular activities or programs. Have very good teachers, but not all. Admininstration does not care about discipline or bullying. I do not know what she is talking about character teaching....... Parent involvement is close to zero. Its the worst sc
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Newark schools - South Street Elementary School is located at 44-48 Hermon Street, Newark NJ 07105. South Street Elementary School is in the The Newark Public School District. South Street Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK-8.
