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Rosa Parks Community School

Public Grades 3-7
444th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 752 New Jersey Middle Schools
Better than 41% of New Jersey middle schools
Summary

Rosa Parks Community School is a public middle school located in Orange, New Jersey, serving grades 3-7 with a total enrollment of 538 students. The school is part of the Orange Board of Education School District, which is ranked 488 out of 609 school districts in New Jersey and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Rosa Parks Community School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New Jersey middle schools over the past several years, with a ranking between 444 and 627 out of around 700-750 middle schools. The school has maintained a 1-star or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger during this time period. Student performance on state assessments is significantly below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with proficiency rates ranging from 22.3% to 49.5% in English Language Arts and 22.3% to 36.3% in Mathematics, compared to state averages of 44.9% to 57% in ELA and 38.8% to 49.8% in Math. The school also experiences high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 5.3% to 16.6%, which is much higher than the state average.

Comparing Rosa Parks Community School to nearby middle schools, it is clear that the school is one of the lower-performing schools in the region. For example, Glenfield Middle School in Montclair and South Orange Middle School in South Orange-Maplewood both significantly outperform Rosa Parks Community School on state assessments and have higher overall rankings. However, some nearby schools, such as John L. Costley Middle School and Sojourner Truth Middle School in East Orange, have similar or even lower performance levels, suggesting that the challenges faced by Rosa Parks Community School are not unique and may be more systemic within the broader region.

593
Students ?
11.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$8,884
Per pupil spending ?
84.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 369 Main Street
       Orange, NJ  07050

(973) 677-4515

District: ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District


Students who attend Rosa Parks Community School usually attend:

High:    Orange High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
67.8%
African American:
30.0%
Asian:
0.7%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 24th percentile in 2015 → 41st in 2025
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 17 percentile points since 2015
✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (34% vs 47% meeting standards)
!Mathematics scores 14 pts below the New Jersey average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school34%
District avg30%
New Jersey avg47%
Elementary school
994th of 1,347
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 26%▲ up 16 pts since 2015
From bottom 10% (2015) to bottom 26% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of New Jersey Elementary Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
444th of 752
New Jersey public middle schools ?
Bottom 41%▲ up 17 pts since 2015
From bottom 24% (2015) to bottom 41% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of New Jersey Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
1st of 2Middle Schools in the ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District
488th of 609ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District among New Jersey districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202527.2994 of 134726.2%★☆☆☆☆
202420.61067 of 133820.3%★☆☆☆☆
202318.51112 of 134217.1%★☆☆☆☆
202215.51143 of 134515.0%★☆☆☆☆
202111.01192 of 13179.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.31106 of 136018.7%★☆☆☆☆
201815.41164 of 135314.0%★☆☆☆☆
201712.51189 of 135212.1%★☆☆☆☆
201613.01188 of 134611.7%★☆☆☆☆
201512.11216 of 135710.4%★☆☆☆☆
201414.61193 of 136312.5%★☆☆☆☆
201310.01236 of 13679.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201215.21186 of 136313.0%★☆☆☆☆
201111.91229 of 13609.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201020.11161 of 135414.3%★☆☆☆☆
200918.21155 of 134614.2%★☆☆☆☆
200812.11210 of 13389.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200721.51131 of 132914.9%★☆☆☆☆
200613.41166 of 131411.3%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202570.792 of 46380.1%★★★★☆
202466.5120 of 46974.4%★★★★☆
202350.8209 of 46354.9%★★★☆☆
202241.7286 of 49442.1%★★☆☆☆
202133.5317 of 45630.5%★★☆☆☆
201950.8248 of 52252.5%★★★☆☆
201839.0293 of 51743.3%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202547.4258 of 59756.8%★★★☆☆
202434.9351 of 55937.2%★★☆☆☆
202326.8385 of 49922.8%★☆☆☆☆
202232.6316 of 48935.4%★★☆☆☆
202125.3333 of 41119.0%★☆☆☆☆
201935.5284 of 46338.7%★★☆☆☆
201837.4260 of 43440.1%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202526.6971 of 132626.8%★☆☆☆☆
202416.71091 of 131717.2%★☆☆☆☆
202317.71079 of 131818.1%★☆☆☆☆
202216.31100 of 132617.0%★☆☆☆☆
202111.21193 of 12907.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.61096 of 133117.7%★☆☆☆☆
201815.91142 of 133314.3%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202539.3595 of 103242.3%★★☆☆☆
202431.3685 of 98930.7%★★☆☆☆
202331.9660 of 98232.8%★★☆☆☆
202228.6683 of 95328.3%★☆☆☆☆
202124.6750 of 89616.3%★☆☆☆☆
201934.5590 of 89934.4%★★☆☆☆
201831.2613 of 87029.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202553.7425 of 102358.5%★★★☆☆
202441.7515 of 93945.2%★★☆☆☆
202342.9488 of 91046.4%★★☆☆☆
202235.5545 of 86336.8%★★☆☆☆
202128.7641 of 83923.6%★☆☆☆☆
201948.9428 of 94854.9%★★★☆☆
201838.9635 of 94232.6%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202529.8917 of 131830.4%★★☆☆☆
202428.0934 of 131328.9%★☆☆☆☆
202321.71021 of 131522.4%★☆☆☆☆
202216.81087 of 132417.9%★☆☆☆☆
202112.91130 of 129712.9%★☆☆☆☆
201924.81032 of 133522.7%★☆☆☆☆
201816.61126 of 133415.6%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202519.5864 of 102315.5%★☆☆☆☆
202428.7657 of 98933.6%★★☆☆☆
202335.9542 of 95843.4%★★☆☆☆
202234.9553 of 94941.7%★★☆☆☆
202117.6751 of 86813.5%★☆☆☆☆
201929.1678 of 100732.7%★★☆☆☆
201822.4750 of 100125.1%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202539.5444 of 75241.0%★★☆☆☆
202427.9525 of 74329.3%★☆☆☆☆
202323.4567 of 74824.2%★☆☆☆☆
202226.2539 of 74527.7%★☆☆☆☆
202120.4508 of 65222.1%★☆☆☆☆
201938.3472 of 74536.6%★★☆☆☆
201831.9511 of 71628.6%★☆☆☆☆
201717.6588 of 71217.4%★☆☆☆☆
201612.6627 of 71312.1%★☆☆☆☆
201525.3542 of 71324.0%★☆☆☆☆
201428.1538 of 71725.0%★☆☆☆☆
201319.4571 of 70418.9%★☆☆☆☆
20116.5635 of 6847.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201013.4588 of 67713.1%★☆☆☆☆
200911.7582 of 66412.3%★☆☆☆☆
20086.3589 of 6408.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200710.2558 of 63111.6%★☆☆☆☆
20069.8549 of 61510.7%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202569.474 of 35979.4%★★★★☆
202479.837 of 35289.5%★★★★☆
202356.4118 of 36167.3%★★★☆☆
202246.1165 of 35653.7%★★★☆☆
202152.9106 of 29163.6%★★★☆☆
201971.068 of 32679.1%★★★★☆
201859.9103 of 32668.4%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202544.9160 of 34353.4%★★★☆☆
202436.4196 of 32038.8%★★☆☆☆
202329.9213 of 28826.0%★☆☆☆☆
202233.9178 of 27034.1%★★☆☆☆
202127.7168 of 19714.7%★☆☆☆☆
201951.685 of 22762.6%★★★☆☆
201844.299 of 20251.0%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202535.3450 of 72838.2%★★☆☆☆
202419.5592 of 71717.4%★☆☆☆☆
202322.3559 of 72022.4%★☆☆☆☆
202229.9500 of 72631.1%★★☆☆☆
202118.4517 of 62517.3%★☆☆☆☆
201941.5432 of 70338.5%★★☆☆☆
201831.0500 of 68026.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202556.8225 of 60863.0%★★★☆☆
202441.4338 of 58942.6%★★☆☆☆
202337.6352 of 58740.0%★★☆☆☆
202244.8288 of 59151.3%★★★☆☆
202133.2329 of 48031.5%★★☆☆☆
201859.9168 of 50466.7%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202568.0121 of 61380.3%★★★★☆
202452.3231 of 58460.4%★★★☆☆
202352.7209 of 56863.2%★★★☆☆
202253.8183 of 54966.7%★★★☆☆
202141.8252 of 46746.0%★★☆☆☆
201964.7122 of 54177.4%★★★★☆
201860.8156 of 52270.1%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202545.3368 of 72649.3%★★☆☆☆
202439.5408 of 71943.3%★★☆☆☆
202327.1514 of 71828.4%★☆☆☆☆
202224.6539 of 73026.2%★☆☆☆☆
202125.3444 of 63530.1%★★☆☆☆
201934.2469 of 69732.7%★★☆☆☆
201834.1460 of 67531.9%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202455.6161 of 51068.4%★★★☆☆
202339.0269 of 50546.7%★★☆☆☆
202132.2263 of 40134.4%★★☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
African American (2025)80th percentile+54 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)58th percentile+32 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)57th percentile+31 vs school
Hispanic (2025)42nd percentile+16 vs school
Male (2025)30th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2025)27th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)16th percentile-11 vs school
Middle school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)80th percentile+39 vs school
African American (2025)79th percentile+38 vs school
Special Education (2024)68th percentile+39 vs school
Hispanic (2025)63rd percentile+22 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)53rd percentile+12 vs school
Male (2025)49th percentile+8 vs school
Female (2025)38th percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts41%-12 vs state
Mathematics30%-14 vs state
Science18%-12 vs state

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Students at Rosa Parks Community School are 68% Hispanic, 30% African American.

Students who attend Rosa Parks Community School usually go on to attend Orange High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 593 students attended Rosa Parks Community School.

Rosa Parks Community School ranks 444th of 752 New Jersey middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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