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Best Public Schools in Orange, NJ

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At a glance

Schools

5,152

Students

Top rankedRosa Parks Community School443^rd of 743 New Jersey middle schools

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Biggest riser

Heywood Avenue Elementary School up 95 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Cleveland Street Elementary School 8.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Orange, New Jersey, has 10 schools—seven elementary, two middle, and one high school—serving students from kindergarten through high school. Test results are available for nine schools; Central Elementary School serves kindergarten through grade 2 and has no test results in the supplied data. In 2025–2026, the seven schools with comparable grade 3–7 results averaged 32% in English Language Arts (ELA), 27% in math, and 15% in grade 5 science, compared with state averages of 51%, 44%, and 27%. The most important finding is that results across these grades were substantially below state averages in every tested subject.

Heywood Avenue Elementary School had the strongest overall grade 3–7 averages: 41% in ELA and 41% in math; Oakwood Avenue Community School had the lowest, at 22% and 14%. Results also vary sharply by grade: Cleveland Street Elementary School led grade 7 with 67% in ELA and 58% in math, respectively 11 and 20 points above the state. Rosa Parks Community School was a relative math strength in grades 4–7 and had the top grade 5 math result. A standout in a different subject, Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation reported 100% proficient in both grade 8 Algebra I and the Algebra I end-of-course grouping, though its ELA and science results were below state results.

Recent changes differ by subject: the seven-school ELA average fell from 39% in 2024–2025 to 32% in 2025–2026, while math rose from 23% to 27% and grade 5 science from 10% to 15%. ELA averages fell at all seven grade 3–7 schools, while math averages rose at all seven. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings place Heywood at the 36th percentile among elementary schools and Rosa Parks at the 40th percentile among middle schools; Orange High School was at the 12th percentile. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 58% at Heywood and 84% at Rosa Parks, while student-teacher ratios ranged from 8.2 at Cleveland Street and Orange Preparatory to 16.0 at Orange High; these measures do not sort schools into a simple performance pattern.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2026)	NJGPA Mathematics (2026)	NJSLA-S Science (2026)			NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)							NJSLA Mathematics (2026)						NJSLA Algebra I (2026)				NJSLA Geometry (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	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 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 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 10th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Orange High School	Public	9-12	400 Lincoln Ave	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4050	1,368	86	16.0	64.8%	2 (0.1%)	661 (48.3%)	697 (51.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.5%)	15.5	382^nd of 434 public high schools	12.0%		14	398^th of 434 public high schools	8.3%	16	50.7	34.5			7.6							20.3								18.3	0.0	17.2	36.4		33.3	$15,792	$1,176	$14,616
Cleveland Street Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-7	355 Cleveland St	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4100	255	31	8.2	75.3%	0 (0.0%)	127 (49.8%)	126 (49.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22.7	1035^th of 1331 public elementary schools	22.2%		20.6	1090^th of 1347 public elementary schools	19.1%	55			21.2			28.5	18.2	42.5	34.6	66.7			30.9	24.2	30.3	23.1	57.6									$23,776	$1,523	$22,253
Forest Street Community Elementary School	Public	K-7	651 Forest St	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4120	384	33	11.8	70.1%	2 (0.5%)	175 (45.6%)	198 (51.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	30.7	913^th of 1331 public elementary schools	31.4%		27.6	986^th of 1347 public elementary schools	26.8%	73			22.7			31.1	30.9	50.0	39.4	47.8			32.6	42.9	31.8	18.2	26.0									$16,557	$1,355	$15,202
Heywood Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-7	421 Heywood Ave	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4105	363	31	11.7	58.1%	3 (0.8%)	279 (76.9%)	66 (18.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.3%)	36.5	848^th of 1331 public elementary schools	36.3%		30.8	943^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	30.0%	95			20.5			39.6	21.1	41.1	47.2	56.9			50.9	23.7	38.5	44.5	47.7									$17,482	$1,362	$16,120
Lincoln Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-7	216 Lincoln Ave	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4130	728	63	11.5	71.8%	7 (1.0%)	323 (44.4%)	386 (53.0%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.8%)	12.3	1195^th of 1331 public elementary schools	10.2%		15.1	1174^th of 1347 public elementary schools	12.8%	21			14.3			17.5	19.5	26.8	22.9	42.5			18.5	18.1	23.5	11.5	31.7									$17,259	$1,294	$15,965
Oakwood Avenue Community School	Public	PK, KG-7	135 Oakwood Ave	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4095	272	28	9.7	75.0%	2 (0.7%)	175 (64.3%)	89 (32.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	9	1254^th of 1331 public elementary schools	5.8%		12.7	1206^th of 1347 public elementary schools	10.5%	48			0.0			19.1	14.3	30.0	4.8	39.1			33.4	4.8	20.0	0.0	13.0									$18,982	$1,108	$17,874
Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation	Public	8	400 Central Ave	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4135	397	48	8.2	65.7%	1 (0.3%)	187 (47.1%)	207 (52.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36.5	462^nd of 743 public middle schools	37.8%		26.8	541^st of 752 public middle schools	28.1%	79				6.8							40.9							23.9	100.0			100.0				$22,943	$1,522	$21,421
Park Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	231 Park Ave	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4124	423	34	12.6	65.2%	1 (0.2%)	223 (52.7%)	193 (45.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.2%)	15.7	1137^th of 1331 public elementary schools	14.6%		14.4	1185^th of 1347 public elementary schools	12.0%	48			16.0			13.3	31.6	32.0	20.9	30.2			13.4	34.2	24.0	9.0	16.3									$19,335	$1,302	$18,033
Central Elementary School	Public	K-2	33 Cleveland Street	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4000	369	27	13.9	86.7%	2 (0.5%)	91 (24.7%)	275 (74.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																										$17,438	$1,300	$16,138
Rosa Parks Community School	Public	3-7	369 Main Street	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4515	593	52	11.3	84.1%	2 (0.3%)	178 (30.0%)	402 (67.8%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	38.6	443^rd of 743 public middle schools	40.4%		39.5	444^th of 752 public middle schools	41.0%	1			12.9			18.7	19.5	30.7	41.3	43.6			24.4	31.4	37.6	30.6	37.9									$17,189	$1,438	$15,751

Cities Near Orange

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
West Orange	0.62 mi	13	206^th
East Orange	0.9 mi	21	455^th
South Orange	1.33 mi	5	103^rd
Newark	1.93 mi	89	459^th
Bloomfield	2.07 mi	11	290^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.