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ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District

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At a glance

487^thof 607 New Jersey districts▲ 1

Better than 19% of New Jersey districts

Elementary 7 Middle 2 High 2Grades PK, KG-12

451 Lincoln Avenue
Orange, NJ 07050·(973) 677-4000·All New Jersey district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 19.8% of districts

Schools

5,527

Students

5-star school

Top rankedSTEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges9^th of 434 New Jersey high schools

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Biggest riser

Heywood Avenue Elementary School up 95 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Orange Early Childhood Center 5.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

The ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District in Orange, New Jersey, includes 11 schools—seven elementary, two middle and two high schools—with reported enrollment of 5,332, serving children from early elementary through high school. The starkest difference is between the high schools: in 2025–2026, STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges scored 98% in grade 9 ELA, compared with 20% at Orange High School, a 78-point gap; STEM also led by 70 points in grade 11 science. This wide gap between the two high schools is the most important finding for families comparing local options.

Among elementary schools, Heywood Avenue Elementary School had the strongest grade 3–7 averages in 2025–2026: 41% in both ELA and math. Oakwood Avenue Community School was lowest, at 21% in ELA and 14% in math—gaps of 20 and 27 points, respectively. Results vary by grade: Cleveland Street Elementary School reached 67% in grade 7 ELA and 58% in math, exceeding state results by 11 and 20 points. At middle school, Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation scored 100% in grade 8 Algebra I, 26 points above the state, but was below state results in grade 8 ELA and science.

Recent elementary trends differ by subject: the seven-school ELA average fell from 38% to 32% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while math rose from 23% to 27%; grade 5 science rose from 10% to 15%. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking for STEM moved from 97th to 86th to 98th across the last three ranking years, while Orange High’s was 10th, 8th and 12th. School context measures do not follow a simple pattern with scores: Cleveland and Oakwood had similar free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–2025—75% and 75%—but notably different results; their student-teacher ratios were 8.2 and 9.7. Heywood’s ratio was 11.7, alongside the top elementary averages. Central Elementary serves K–2, but no test scores are supplied for it.

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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
Orange Early Childhood Center	Public	PK	397 Park Avenue	Orange	07050	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 677-4000	195	34	5.8	63.6%	2 (1.0%)	83 (42.6%)	107 (54.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)								(n/a)																										$35,600	$844	$34,756
STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges	Public	9-12	445 Scotland Road	South Orange	07079	Essex County	ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 677-4190	180	16	11.6	71.1%	0 (0.0%)	96 (53.3%)	81 (45.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	93.7	9^th of 434 public high schools	97.9%		76.9	61^st of 434 public high schools	85.9%	52					77.3							97.8											84.2		84.2	$21,621	$1,839	$19,782
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

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
West Orange Public Schools	0.64 mi	13	238^th
East Orange Community Charter School	1.11 mi	1	492^nd
South Orange-Maplewood School District	1.17 mi	10	136^th
East Orange School District	1.29 mi	19	533^rd
Pride Academy Charter School District	1.36 mi	1	298^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.

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