Best Public Schools in East Orange, New Jersey

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				NJSLA English Language Arts (2019)								NJSLA Mathematics (2019)						NJSLA Algebra I (2019)					NJSLA Geometry (2019)				NJSLA Algebra II (2019)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 10th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 8th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 10th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
East Orange Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-4	99 Washington Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange Community Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 996-0400	470	23	20.4	99.4%	1 (0.2%)	434 (92.3%)	26 (5.5%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	22.5	1089^th of 1360 public elementary schools	19.9%		23.9	1074^th of 1353 public elementary schools	20.6%	15	37.1	52.1							33.0	23.4																$7,509	$993	$6,516
Pride Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	5-8	117 Elmwood Ave	East Orange	07018	Essex County	Pride Academy Charter School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 672-3200	286	25	11.4	77.3%	0 (0.0%)	273 (95.5%)	9 (3.1%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46.6	407^th of 745 public middle schools	45.4%		52	341^st of 716 public middle schools	52.4%	66			25.0	44.4	65.2	59.1					18.1	13.9	47.2	40.4		85.7			85.7							$7,531	$934	$6,597
Johnnie L. Cochran Junior Academy	Public	K-5	190 Midland Avenue	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 395-5975	198	16	12.5	74.2%	2 (1.0%)	175 (88.4%)	19 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	35.6	925^th of 1360 public elementary schools	32.0%		28.6	1013^th of 1353 public elementary schools	25.1%	88	52.7	50.0	51.5						52.8	27.5	34.3															$13,977	$413	$13,564
Benjamin Banneker Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	500 South Clinton Street	East Orange	07018	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-4320	504	36	14.0		1 (0.2%)	477 (94.6%)	21 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	22	1099^th of 1360 public elementary schools	19.2%		30.7	994^th of 1353 public elementary schools	26.5%	105	40.9	42.9	46.9						34.8	28.8	23.6															$10,883	$366	$10,517
Althea Gibson Academy	Public	PK-K	490 William Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-7017	125	13	10.0	71.2%	5 (4.0%)	96 (76.8%)	20 (16.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)								(n/a)																										$14,410	$279	$14,131
Wahlstrom Early Childhood Academy	Public	PK-K	340 Prospect Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 395-1210	149	14	11.0	77.2%	0 (0.0%)	120 (80.5%)	19 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.4%)								(n/a)																										$14,296	$269	$14,027
East Orange Campus High School	Public	9-12	344 Prospect Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-7300	1,661	109	15.2	80.5%	6 (0.4%)	1,442 (86.8%)	194 (11.7%)	5 (0.3%)	6 (0.4%)	5 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	9.3	391^st of 416 public high schools	6.0%		12.7	384^th of 415 public high schools	7.5%	7							7.9	15.6									2.7	7.7	2.8			2.0	1.9			$11,351	$278	$11,073
East Orange STEM Academy High School	Public	6-12	129 Renshaw Avenue	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5900	653	49	13.3	78.6%	3 (0.5%)	606 (92.8%)	40 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	58.9	124^th of 416 public high schools	70.2%		59	115^th of 415 public high schools	72.3%	9				85.1	88.8	88.3	79.5	73.8				36.1	40.2	19.4	81.8		25.8		34.2	8.3	53.8	16.7	19.8	21.4	40.9	$12,197	$272	$11,925
Edward T. Bowser Senior School of Excellence	Public	PK, KG-5	180 Lincoln Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 414-4170	622	46	13.5	87.6%	6 (1.0%)	399 (64.1%)	210 (33.8%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9.2	1252^nd of 1360 public elementary schools	7.9%		14.2	1183^rd of 1353 public elementary schools	12.6%	69	29.1	23.2	38.2						25.0	13.2	11.0															$13,332	$402	$12,930
Shelia Y. Oliver Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	135 Glenwood Avenue	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5860	305	25	12.2	81.0%	2 (0.7%)	267 (87.5%)	30 (9.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	20.6	1113^th of 1360 public elementary schools	18.2%		29.6	1004^th of 1353 public elementary schools	25.8%	109	39.1	43.4	44.7						41.3	15.1	23.4															$12,075	$362	$11,713
Langston Hughes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	160 Rhode Island Avenue	East Orange	07018	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5870	537	42	12.8	86.6%	3 (0.6%)	501 (93.3%)	27 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	20.7	1111^th of 1360 public elementary schools	18.3%		16.8	1149^th of 1353 public elementary schools	15.1%	38	40.3	37.4	50.0						42.6	16.0	13.7															$10,669	$333	$10,336
Whitney E. Houston Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	215 Dodd St	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5880	359	30	11.9	86.4%	0 (0.0%)	323 (90.0%)	33 (9.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	26.7	1029^th of 1360 public elementary schools	24.3%		18.8	1131^st of 1353 public elementary schools	16.4%	102	27.2	45.9	53.4	53.1	50.9	43.7			51.5	8.3	20.0	15.2	13.2	0.0												$15,694	$451	$15,243
Mildred Barry Garvin Elementary	Public	3-5	1 Grove Place	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 673-5410	354	27	13.0	90.1%	1 (0.3%)	315 (89.0%)	32 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	12.3	1209^th of 1360 public elementary schools	11.1%		10	1227^th of 1353 public elementary schools	9.3%	18	34.0	38.3	38.1						29.8	6.4	7.1															$12,399	$450	$11,949
Dionne Warwick Institute	Public	PK, KG-5	120 Central Ave	East Orange	07018	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5930	448	31	14.4	90.6%	6 (1.3%)	382 (85.3%)	54 (12.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.7%)	22	1100^th of 1360 public elementary schools	19.1%		23.3	1079^th of 1353 public elementary schools	20.3%	21	36.4	40.5	61.8						21.2	23.1	22.1															$10,897	$446	$10,451
Ecole Toussaint Louverture	Public	PK, KG-5	330 Central Ave	East Orange	07018	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5940	314	21	15.0	89.5%	1 (0.3%)	285 (90.8%)	25 (8.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20.7	1112^th of 1360 public elementary schools	18.2%		22.4	1092^nd of 1353 public elementary schools	19.3%	20	32.5	57.2	24.4						22.5	38.7	14.6															$12,074	$351	$11,723
Gordon Parks Academy	Public	PK, KG-2	98 Greenwood Ave	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5950	292	24	12.1	88.0%	4 (1.4%)	254 (87.0%)	33 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11.8	1216^th of 1360 public elementary schools	10.6%		14	1186^th of 1353 public elementary schools	12.3%	30	46.7	34.9	30.3						20.0	14.0	4.6															$14,219	$493	$13,726
Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	45 North Arlington Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 414-9222	516	36	14.3	88.6%	7 (1.4%)	469 (90.9%)	35 (6.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	22.1	1097^th of 1360 public elementary schools	19.3%		18.8	1129^th of 1353 public elementary schools	16.6%	32	35.8	52.0	53.6						28.8	21.9	17.4															$10,050	$430	$9,620
Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School	Public	6-12	35 Winans Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 414-8600	754	67	11.2	83.0%	5 (0.7%)	686 (91.0%)	62 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32.9	260^th of 416 public high schools	37.5%		46.6	177^th of 415 public high schools	57.3%	83				46.0	56.0	53.3	56.8	58.8				13.0	22.0	43.9			10.6		18.4			5.8	10.6			$14,501	$320	$14,181
J. Garfield Jackson Senior Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	106 Prospect Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5895	273	19	14.5	89.0%	2 (0.7%)	243 (89.0%)	21 (7.7%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	40.8	853^rd of 1360 public elementary schools	37.3%		36.7	915^th of 1353 public elementary schools	32.4%	62	48.9	60.3	54.6						42.2	30.2	54.6															$11,552	$450	$11,102
John L. Costley Middle School	Public	6-8	116 Hamilton St	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5660	399	29	13.7	85.2%	2 (0.5%)	353 (88.5%)	40 (10.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)								(n/a)						27.6								4.9												$14,015	$675	$13,340
Patrick F. Healy Middle School	Public	6-8	116 Hamilton St	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5670	432	26	16.6	89.6%	4 (0.9%)	379 (87.7%)	46 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								(n/a)					30.3								8.2													$11,816	$431	$11,385
Sojourner Truth Middle School	Public	6-8	116 Hamilton St	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5665	398	28	14.0	89.2%	2 (0.5%)	349 (87.7%)	44 (11.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)								(n/a)				28.1								4.7														$12,234	$381	$11,853

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Orange	0.82 mi	11	465^th
Bloomfield	0.98 mi	12	310^th
Newark	1.21 mi	88	446^th
Glen Ridge	1.45 mi	5	30^th
West Orange	1.56 mi	12	261^st

Best Public Schools in East Orange, NJ

East Orange STEM Academy High School

Pride Academy Charter School

J. Garfield Jackson Senior Academy

Johnnie L. Cochran Junior Academy

Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School

Whitney E. Houston Academy

East Orange Community Charter School

Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School

Benjamin Banneker Academy

Dionne Warwick Institute

Langston Hughes Elementary School

Ecole Toussaint Louverture

Shelia Y. Oliver Academy

Mildred Barry Garvin Elementary

Gordon Parks Academy

East Orange Campus High School

Edward T. Bowser Senior School of Excellence

Althea Gibson Academy

John L. Costley Middle School

Patrick F. Healy Middle School

Sojourner Truth Middle School

Wahlstrom Early Childhood Academy

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