Speedway Avenue School is a Pre-K through 8th-grade elementary school located in Newark’s West Ward, overlooking the beautiful Vailsburg Park.

The original Speedway Elementary School opened in 1917 as a brick building between Dassing and South Orange Avenues. It was built to relieve overcrowding at Alexander Street School. In 1911, students transitioned into a newer Speedway School building, and the original structure was converted into a charter school. Later, in 1910, another Speedway Elementary opened, providing additional relief for West Ward schools experiencing overcrowding. Most recently, in 2010, Speedway was rebuilt to replace the previous building on Speedway Avenue, ensuring modern facilities for future generations of learners.

Today, Speedway Avenue School stands as a state-of-the-art learning environment. Our building features:

• A fully equipped auditorium and cafeteria

• A health clinic for student wellness

• A regulation high school gymnasium with a rock-climbing wall

• Smartboards in every classroom

• Computer labs

• A full chemistry lab and a science discovery lab

• A media center

• A dance studio

• Choral and instrumental music rooms

• Six self-contained special needs classes, along with additional resource classrooms for students with special needs