Summary
Mildred Barry Garvin Elementary serves 245 students in grades 3–5 in East Orange, New Jersey, within the East Orange School District. In 2025–2026, its average proficiency across grades 3–5 was 25% in English Language Arts (ELA) and 21% in math; fifth-grade science proficiency was 7%. All three results were below state averages: 49% in ELA, 47% in math, and 27% in science. The most important takeaway is that Garvin’s results remain substantially below state averages in every tested subject.
Compared with nearby schools, Garvin’s strongest results are specific to certain grades, not consistent across the school. Fifth-grade ELA proficiency was 38%, above the nearby-school average of 29% and the district’s 32%, though 14 points below the state. Third-grade math was also above the nearby average (29% versus 23%) and district result (29% versus 24%), but 21 points below the state. By contrast, fourth-grade ELA was 15%, below the nearby average of 25%, district’s 28%, and state’s 46%; fifth-grade math was 16%, also below nearby, district, and state results. Overall, Garvin averaged 25% in ELA and 21% in math, compared with nearby averages of 27% and 24%.
Longer-term results are mixed: average math proficiency rose 9 percentage points from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, while ELA fell 5 points and science was nearly flat, up less than a point. SchoolDigger ranks Garvin 1,181st of 1,331 New Jersey schools, in the 11th percentile with 1 star; it ranks the district in the 12th percentile with 1 star. Garvin’s student-teacher ratio is relatively low at 12.2, the second-lowest among nearby schools with reported figures. It reported 13% free/reduced lunch eligible in school year 2024–2025, the second-lowest comparable nearby figure. One notable SchoolDigger subgroup result is African American Students: the school ranked in the 32nd percentile in 2025–2026, above its overall 11th percentile, but down sharply from the group’s 65th percentile the year before.
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