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Patrick F. Healy Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

693^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 752 New Jersey Middle Schools

Better than 8% of New Jersey middle schools

Summary

Patrick F. Healy Middle School is a public middle school located in East Orange, New Jersey, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 329. The school is part of the East Orange School District, which is ranked 509 out of 609 districts in New Jersey and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Patrick F. Healy Middle School consistently performs below the state and district averages in standardized test scores. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 18.4% of 7th graders and 10.2% of 8th graders were proficient or better in NJSLA English Language Arts, compared to 57% and 57.1% statewide, respectively. In mathematics, the proficiency rates were even lower, with only 9.1% of 7th graders and 6.1% of 8th graders meeting or exceeding the standards, compared to 38.8% and 20.7% statewide. The school has also struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.9% to 32% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

The two other middle schools in the East Orange School District, Sojourner Truth Middle School and John L. Costley Middle School, also perform poorly on standardized tests and have high chronic absenteeism rates, suggesting systemic challenges within the district. Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio and higher-than-average spending per student, these factors have not translated into improved academic outcomes for the students at Patrick F. Healy Middle School.

322

Students ?

15.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,816

Per pupil spending ?

14%

Free/discounted lunch ?

116 Hamilton St
East Orange, NJ 07017-2912

(973) 266-5670

District: East Orange School District

Students who attend Patrick F. Healy Middle School usually attend:

High:	East Orange Campus High School
	East Orange STEM Academy High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

71.7%

Hispanic:

20.8%

White:

6.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 3rd percentile in 2007 → 8th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2007

Worth a look

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (24% vs 15% New Jersey)

!English Language Arts scores 44 pts below the New Jersey average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school42%

District avg18%

New Jersey avg40%

693^rd of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 8%▼ down 12 pts since 2016

From bottom 19% (2016) to bottom 8% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2Middle Schools in the East Orange School District

509^th of 609East Orange 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	11.1	693 of 752	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.6	708 of 743	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.3	625 of 748	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.8	718 of 745	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	21.3	574 of 713	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	2.4	680 of 704	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	1.8	665 of 677	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	2.3	648 of 664	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	2.0	628 of 640	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	1.9	613 of 631	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	2.3	588 of 615	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	1.5	584 of 599	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	1.8	569 of 588	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2003	2.0	554 of 574	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	21.2	293 of 359	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.1	301 of 352	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.4	240 of 361	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.1	284 of 356	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	30.2	245 of 343	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	11.0	675 of 728	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	681 of 717	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.1	600 of 720	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.7	690 of 726	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	15.5	552 of 608	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.2	553 of 589	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	34.6	383 of 587	34.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	15.8	566 of 613	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	498 of 584	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.2	423 of 568	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.6	473 of 549	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	12.3	672 of 726	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.4	677 of 719	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.4	594 of 718	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.4	694 of 730	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	24.3	414 of 507	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.9	531 of 535	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2025)29th percentile+21 vs school

African American (2025)18th percentile+11 vs school

Special Education (2025)18th percentile+10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)9th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile~ school

Male (2025)7th percentile~ school

Female (2025)7th percentile~ school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Science100%+81 vs state

English Language Arts13%-44 vs state

Mathematics7%-24 vs state

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Schools Near Patrick F. Healy Middle School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						NJSLA Algebra I (2025)			NJSLA Geometry (2025)		NJSLA Algebra II (2025)		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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th 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 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 End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 8th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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	322	21	15.7	14.0%	20 (6.2%)	231 (71.7%)	67 (20.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	11.1	693^rd of 752 public middle schools	7.8%		9.6	708^th of 743 public middle schools	4.7%	15		1.3					18.4	10.2					9.1	6.1								$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	264	20	13.4	27.3%	12 (4.5%)	194 (73.5%)	53 (20.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)								(n/a)						18.6						4.4										$12,234	$381	$11,853
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	334	25	13.4	9.9%	15 (4.5%)	235 (70.4%)	76 (22.8%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	9.4	718^th of 752 public middle schools	4.5%		10.1	704^th of 743 public middle schools	5.2%	14		0.9					8.5	16.7					4.1	12.3								$14,015	$675	$13,340
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%)	39.5	444^th of 752 public middle schools	41.0%		27.9	525^th of 743 public middle schools	29.3%	81	17.8		28.6	34.3	46.0	49.5	48.2		22.3	29.8	36.3	26.8	35.9									$8,884	$492	$8,392
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	300	19	16.0	78.3%	1 (0.3%)	281 (93.7%)	18 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51.5	341^st of 752 public middle schools	54.7%		60.3	273^rd of 743 public middle schools	63.3%	68	13.3	12.0			40.0	46.7	58.7	68.0			28.0	25.4	54.7	24.0								$7,531	$934	$6,597
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%)	26.8	541^st of 752 public middle schools	28.1%		29.7	512^th of 743 public middle schools	31.1%	29		4.9						45.1						12.3		96.6	96.6					$12,917	$383	$12,534
Edison Middle School	Public	6	75 William St	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 669-5360	477	53	8.9	42.6%	94 (19.7%)	137 (28.7%)	195 (40.9%)	12 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	36 (7.5%)								(n/a)						64.9						48.4										$11,329		$11,329
Glenfield Middle School	Public	6-8	25 Maple Ave	Montclair	07042	Essex County	Montclair Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 509-4172	512	59	8.7	19.9%	238 (46.5%)	106 (20.7%)	77 (15.0%)	21 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (13.5%)	72.6	177^th of 752 public middle schools	76.5%		69.2	199^th of 743 public middle schools	73.2%	22		30.2				77.0	80.1	76.2				52.8	55.8		100.0	44.0	50.9	100.0	100.0			$12,589	$535	$12,054
Roosevelt Middle School	Public	7-8	36 Gilbert Pl	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 669-5373	457	56	8.2	43.8%	84 (18.4%)	160 (35.0%)	173 (37.9%)	9 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (6.3%)	62	260^th of 752 public middle schools	65.4%		54.9	308^th of 743 public middle schools	58.5%	48		27.1					76.6	64.2					40.5	17.6	97.6	60.0	78.1			72.7	73.5	$13,694		$13,694
University Middle School	Public	6-8	255 Myrtle Ave	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6879	719	60	11.9	76.8%	3 (0.4%)	443 (61.6%)	269 (37.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	9.5	717^th of 752 public middle schools	4.7%		10.7	700^th of 743 public middle schools	5.8%	17		1.3				18.1	18.8	24.6				3.8	10.2	3.9		54.2	54.2					$9,378	$185	$9,193

Frequently Asked Questions about Patrick F. Healy Middle School

How many students attend Patrick F. Healy Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 322 students attended Patrick F. Healy Middle School.

What district is Patrick F. Healy Middle School in?

East Orange School District

What high school do graduates of Patrick F. Healy Middle School attend?

Students who attend Patrick F. Healy Middle School usually go on to attend East Orange Campus High School

What is the racial makeup of Patrick F. Healy Middle School?

Students at Patrick F. Healy Middle School are 72% African American, 21% Hispanic, 6% White.

Is Patrick F. Healy Middle School a good school?

Patrick F. Healy Middle School ranks in the bottom 7.8% of New Jersey middle schools.

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