School district · New Jersey
East Orange School District
East Orange School District in New Jersey: 19 public schools with 8,219 students and 13.8 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $30,702 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 8,219
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- NJ 11.5 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $30,702
- NJ $28K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 597
- Counselors (FTE)
- 36.0
- Students per counselor
- 228
- NJ 274 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 7.0
- Librarians (FTE): 1.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Jersey's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New Jersey: 54%36%proficient
+3.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 84% of school districts in New Jersey
Median 57% · 593 school districts compared
3,447 students tested, grades 3–8 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
New Jersey: 41%18%proficient
+4.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 92% of school districts in New Jersey
Median 43% · 592 school districts compared
3,410 students tested, grades 3–8 · NJSLA; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 7.1% · $21.8M
- State
- 81% · $248M
- Local
- 12% · $37.1M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $17,268
- Support services
- $12,494
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $6.4M
- Long-term debt
- $7.8M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Althea Gibson AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 144 | 15.2 | — | — |
Benjamin Banneker AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | — | — | 36% | 16% |
Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 481 | 13.7 | 36% | 16% |
Dionne Warwick InstituteFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 379 | 13.1 | 49% | 31% |
Ecole Toussaint LouvertureFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 269 | 14.2 | 34% | 24% |
| Pre-K–5 | 612 | 16.8 | 17% | 16% | |
Gordon Parks AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 268 | 14.1 | — | — |
J. Garfield Jackson Sr. AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 247 | 13.0 | 51% | 39% |
Langston Hughes Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 554 | 15.4 | 44% | 26% |
Mildred Barry Garvin ElementaryFree meals for all | 3–5 | 245 | 12.3 | 35% | 27% |
Shelia Y. Oliver AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 413 | 13.8 | 49% | 29% |
Wahlstrom Early Childhood AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 157 | 12.6 | — | — |
Whitney E. Houston AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 385 | 12.8 | 44% | 23% |
John L. Costley Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 334 | 13.4 | 11% | 6.8% |
Patrick F. Healy Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 322 | 15.7 | 13% | 7.0% |
Sojourner Truth Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 264 | 13.5 | 19% | 4.4% |
Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–12 | 701 | 11.3 | 59% | 11% |
East Orange Campus High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,798 | 17.8 | — | — |
East Orange STEM Academy High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–12 | 646 | 17.5 | 64% | 29% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 199 4th Ave, East Orange, NJ 07017
- Phone
- (973)266-5760
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.