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Heywood Avenue Elementary School

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Heywood Avenue Elementary School ranks 848 th of 1331 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-7

848^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,331 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 36% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Heywood Avenue Elementary School serves pre-K through grade 7 and enrolls 363 students in Orange, as part of the Orange Board of Education. Its clearest strength is math: Heywood’s average proficiency across grades 3–7 is higher than at each nearby Orange school with results for those grades, and is closer to the state average than its ELA or science results.

Heywood’s 2025–2026 math average is 41% proficient, compared with 28% for the district and 44% statewide; its ELA average is 41%, versus 31% districtwide and 51% statewide. It also leads nearby Forest Street Community Elementary School, Lincoln Avenue Elementary School in Orange, and Oakwood Avenue Community School in both subjects. Results vary sharply by grade: grade 7 ELA reaches 57%, while grade 4 is a weak spot in both ELA (21%) and math (24%). Grade 4 math is 3 points below the district and 23 below the state; grade 4 ELA is nearly level with the district but 25 points below the state. Heywood’s grade 5 science result is 21%, above the district’s 16% but below the state’s 27%. Nearby schools in other districts can be much higher: for grades 3–5, Marshall Elementary School averages 82% in ELA and 73% in math.

Over time, math improved from 29% in 2022–2023 to 41% in 2025–2026, while ELA declined from 51% to 41%. SchoolDigger rates Heywood 2 stars, placing it at the 36th percentile, fourth among nine nearby schools with rankings; the Orange Board of Education district has 1 star. In 2024–2025, Heywood had 11.7 students per teacher, and 58% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism that year was 7%, below the district’s 12% and the state’s 14%. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well Heywood serves African American students is at the 79th percentile, well above its overall percentile; its ranking for how well it serves students receiving special education fell from the 49th percentile to the 16th.

363

Students ?

11.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,482

Per pupil spending ?

58.1%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

421 Heywood Ave
Orange, NJ 07050-2006

(973) 677-4105

District: ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District

Students who attend Heywood Avenue Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation
High:	Orange High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

76.9%

Hispanic:

18.2%

Two or more races:

3.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 22nd percentile in 2016 → 36th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 14 percentile points since 2016

✓Among the top-ranked schools in ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (40% vs 45% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school40%

District avg28%

New Jersey avg45%

Elementary school

848^th of 1,331

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 36%▲ up 14 pts since 2016

From bottom 22% (2016) to bottom 36% (2026)

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★★★★★

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Middle school

282^nd of 743

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Top 38%▲ up 48 pts since 2016

From bottom 14% (2016) to top 38% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 6Elementary Schools in the ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District

487^th of 607ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	36.5	848 of 1331	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	30.8	943 of 1347	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.4	863 of 1338	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.4	838 of 1342	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.4	792 of 1345	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.1	852 of 1317	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.2	942 of 1360	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	26.8	1043 of 1353	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	22.4	1079 of 1352	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	25.6	1049 of 1346	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	20.0	1114 of 1357	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	29.0	1060 of 1363	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	13.8	1213 of 1367	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	26.3	1089 of 1363	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	22.5	1135 of 1360	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	34.4	1016 of 1354	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	27.2	1093 of 1346	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	25.2	1117 of 1338	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	37.8	1007 of 1329	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	36.9	978 of 1314	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	18.6	1131 of 1303	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	32.9	1011 of 1298	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	24.7	945 of 1204	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	71.5	90 of 434	79.3%	★★★★☆
2025	66.7	107 of 463	76.9%	★★★★☆
2024	69.1	104 of 469	77.8%	★★★★☆
2023	79.1	72 of 463	84.4%	★★★★☆
2022	77.4	81 of 494	83.6%	★★★★☆
2021	69.8	79 of 456	82.7%	★★★★☆
2019	74.4	103 of 522	80.3%	★★★★☆
2018	66.7	134 of 517	74.1%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	14.7	559 of 597	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	30.1	397 of 559	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.0	393 of 463	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	48.5	683 of 1311	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	39.1	808 of 1326	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.0	766 of 1317	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.6	800 of 1318	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.6	757 of 1326	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.5	871 of 1290	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.9	884 of 1331	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.1	955 of 1333	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	29.5	737 of 1032	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	49.6	446 of 989	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	40.2	533 of 899	40.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	55.6	399 of 1002	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	54.3	412 of 1023	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.4	372 of 939	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.8	226 of 910	75.2%	★★★★☆
2022	76.8	129 of 863	85.1%	★★★★☆
2021	52.2	322 of 839	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	62.0	271 of 948	71.4%	★★★★☆
2018	47.8	502 of 942	46.7%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	32.0	891 of 1306	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	29.1	925 of 1318	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.2	880 of 1313	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.4	786 of 1315	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.9	781 of 1324	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.7	738 of 1297	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.6	918 of 1335	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	25.8	1023 of 1334	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	20.3	813 of 970	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	40.6	524 of 1023	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.6	424 of 949	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	10.0	954 of 1001	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	58.0	282 of 743	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	46.8	379 of 752	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	61.6	262 of 743	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.6	288 of 748	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.5	356 of 745	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	43.0	327 of 652	49.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	37.2	479 of 745	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.1	542 of 716	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.5	575 of 712	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	15.2	615 of 713	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.3	581 of 713	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	25.9	553 of 717	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	12.7	601 of 704	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	34.3	510 of 684	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	89.0	17 of 331	94.9%	★★★★★
2025	53.8	121 of 359	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	86.9	18 of 352	94.9%	★★★★★
2023	90.7	14 of 361	96.1%	★★★★★
2022	76.9	43 of 356	87.9%	★★★★☆
2021	79.7	29 of 291	90.0%	★★★★★
2019	74.5	55 of 326	83.1%	★★★★☆
2018	59.0	109 of 326	66.6%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	58.4	282 of 716	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2025	61.3	264 of 728	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.7	307 of 717	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	69.5	203 of 720	71.8%	★★★★☆
2022	56.9	286 of 726	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	47.2	292 of 625	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	44.4	414 of 703	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.8	431 of 680	36.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	88.3	28 of 590	95.3%	★★★★★
2025	70.1	112 of 613	81.7%	★★★★☆
2024	86.2	38 of 584	93.5%	★★★★★
2023	76.1	60 of 568	89.4%	★★★★☆
2022	59.6	126 of 549	77.0%	★★★★☆
2021	72.0	53 of 467	88.7%	★★★★☆
2019	60.7	143 of 541	73.6%	★★★★☆
2018	53.0	214 of 522	59.0%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	58.3	269 of 714	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2025	47.9	350 of 726	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	69.9	185 of 719	74.3%	★★★★☆
2023	56.2	275 of 718	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.1	402 of 730	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.9	328 of 635	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.1	482 of 697	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	18.0	569 of 675	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

African American (2026)79th percentile+43 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)60th percentile+24 vs school

Female (2026)48th percentile+12 vs school

Male (2026)32nd percentile-5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)29th percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)16th percentile-20 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)6th percentile-24 vs school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)95th percentile+33 vs school

African American (2026)95th percentile+33 vs school

Male (2026)62nd percentile~ school

Female (2026)61st percentile~ school

By subject vs New Jersey (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics42%~ state avg

English Language Arts41%-9 vs state

Science20%-7 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJSLA-S Science (2026)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)						NJSLA Mathematics (2026)						NJSLA Algebra I (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	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 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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
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
Marshall Elementary School	Public	K-5	262 Grove Rd	South Orange	07079	Essex County	South Orange-Maplewood School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 378-7698	504	39	12.9	8.5%	284 (56.3%)	82 (16.3%)	60 (11.9%)	15 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	62 (12.3%)	90.1	105^th of 1331 public elementary schools	92.1%		88.8	146^th of 1347 public elementary schools	89.2%	41	71.7		75.0	76.4	95.0				71.2	65.6	83.3						$18,290	$118	$18,172
Gregory Elementary School	Public	K-5	301 Gregory Ave	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 669-5397	484	41	11.9	18.8%	171 (35.3%)	118 (24.4%)	132 (27.3%)	14 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.1%)	87.5	156^th of 1331 public elementary schools	88.3%		85.5	188^th of 1347 public elementary schools	86.0%	32	55.4		76.3	70.3	79.7				70.0	67.9	67.5						$13,011	$110	$12,901
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
Hazel Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	45 Hazel Ave	West Orange	07052	Essex County	West Orange Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 669-5448	334	34	9.7	58.7%	50 (15.0%)	93 (27.8%)	166 (49.7%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.3%)	62	533^rd of 1331 public elementary schools	60.0%		54.7	620^th of 1347 public elementary schools	54.0%	87	35.1		48.5	56.3	59.5				42.5	58.3	62.2						$17,108	$1,609	$15,499
Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	87 Richelieu Ter	Newark	07106	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 374-2290	420	29	14.4	79.3%	0 (0.0%)	308 (73.3%)	99 (23.6%)	6 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	11.1	1222^nd of 1331 public elementary schools	8.2%		9.4	1263^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	6.2%	41	4.8	1.7	22.2	9.4	11.9	38.1	22.3	18.7	16.7	12.5	9.5	19.1	13.0	8.8			$21,354	$2,302	$19,052
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
Benjamin Banneker Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	500 South Clinton Street	East Orange	07018	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-4320	0	22	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	14.1	1165^th of 1331 public elementary schools	12.5%		15.2	1169^th of 1347 public elementary schools	13.2%	4	1.8	0.0	25.5	19.7	21.1	35.9	41.9	61.3	18.9	19.7	14.5	35.9	16.1	6.4			$14,911	$1,360	$13,551
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	554	36	15.3	—	7 (1.3%)	474 (85.6%)	64 (11.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	19.4	1085^th of 1331 public elementary schools	18.5%		27.1	996^th of 1347 public elementary schools	26.1%	89	11.4		18.3	40.3	42.6				22.0	29.2	13.1						$15,955	$1,328	$14,627

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