Pre-K · New Jersey

Orange Early Childhood Center

Free meals for all

Orange Early Childhood Center, a public pre-k school in Orange, New Jersey: grade pre-k, 195 students, 5.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District.

Size and class size

Compared with pre-K centers of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 195
Teachers (FTE): 33.5
Students per teacher: 5.8
Grades: Pre-K; Pre-K

Fewer students per teacher than 97% of pre-K centers in New Jersey

Median 10.3 · 60 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 95% of pre-K centers in the US

Median 16.0 · 1,186 schools compared

Larger than 59% of pre-K centers in New Jersey

Median 145 · 69 schools compared

Larger than 72% of pre-K centers in the US

Median 117 · 1,436 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: Pre-K · Grade Pre-K
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District.

Location

Address: 397 Park Avenue, Orange, NJ 07050
Phone: (973)677-4000
County: Essex County

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Nearby pre-K centers

The closest public pre-K centers by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
West Orange Early Childhood Learning Center	Pre-K	54	—	0.6 mi
Montrose Early Childhood Center	Pre-K	98	9.8	2.2 mi
The Early Childhood Center @ Forest GlenSpecial education	Pre-K	158	14.4	3.1 mi
Betty Maddalena Early Learning Center	Pre-K	49	7.5	3.5 mi
Augusta Preschool Academy	Pre-K	330	15.7	3.8 mi
Hornblower Early Childhood Center	Pre-K	245	12.3	4.3 mi

Sources

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).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 341227003148