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Park Avenue Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8

1185^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 12% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Park Avenue Elementary School is a public school located in Orange, New Jersey, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 417 students. The school is part of the Orange Board of Education School District, which is ranked 488 out of 609 districts in New Jersey and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Park Avenue Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom 15% of New Jersey elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in NJSLA English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly lower than the state and district averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 3rd-grade proficiency rates were 23.5% in ELA and 19.6% in Math, compared to the state averages of 44.9% and 49.8%, respectively. The school's performance is particularly weak in 5th and 7th-grade Mathematics, with proficiency rates of only 12.2% and 9.8% in 2024-2025. Additionally, the school's Science proficiency rates for 5th-grade students are very low, at only 6.3% in 2024-2025.

While the nearby schools in the Orange Board of Education School District also perform poorly on academic measures and have high rates of chronic absenteeism and free/reduced-price lunch eligibility, the nearby schools in the East Orange School District, such as J. Garfield Jackson Senior Academy and Whitney E. Houston Academy, generally outperform Park Avenue Elementary School on academic measures, despite serving a similarly disadvantaged student population.

423

Students ?

12.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,933

Per pupil spending ?

65.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

231 Park Ave
Orange, NJ 07050-4102

(973) 677-4124

District: ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District

Students who attend Park Avenue Elementary School usually attend:

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

Racial breakdown:

African American:

52.7%

Hispanic:

45.6%

Two or more races:

1.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 12th percentile in 2015 → 12th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (21% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)

!English Language Arts scores 26 pts below the New Jersey average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school21%

District avg30%

New Jersey avg47%

Elementary school

1,185^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 12%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

681^st of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 9%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 9% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 6Elementary Schools in the ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District

488^th of 609ORANGE 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
2025	14.4	1185 of 1347	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.1	1088 of 1338	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.2	1122 of 1342	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.6	1066 of 1345	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.0	1121 of 1317	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.2	1129 of 1360	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	1142 of 1353	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	13.1	1182 of 1352	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	13.1	1186 of 1346	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	13.8	1188 of 1357	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	29.5	1052 of 1363	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	23.7	1111 of 1367	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	35.3	1010 of 1363	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	49.2	850 of 1360	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2010	45.2	896 of 1354	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	61.0	633 of 1346	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2008	57.4	721 of 1338	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2007	50.4	868 of 1329	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	54.6	785 of 1314	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2005	58.3	706 of 1303	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2004	48.5	839 of 1298	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2003	49.2	732 of 1204	39.2%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2024	59.1	160 of 469	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.1	245 of 463	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	60.9	156 of 494	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	37.2	292 of 456	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.3	299 of 522	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.2	239 of 517	53.8%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	43.7	295 of 597	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	29.6	402 of 559	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.1	401 of 499	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.9	461 of 489	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	43.9	226 of 463	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	29.8	312 of 434	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	14.7	1136 of 1326	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.9	1074 of 1317	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.6	1038 of 1318	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.9	1017 of 1326	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.9	1075 of 1290	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.6	1063 of 1331	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.9	1055 of 1333	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	27.9	758 of 1032	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.6	640 of 989	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.4	569 of 982	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.0	639 of 953	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.6	619 of 896	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	64.5	262 of 899	70.9%	★★★★☆
2018	73.9	170 of 870	80.5%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	23.8	872 of 1023	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.7	750 of 939	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.3	687 of 910	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	43.3	459 of 863	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.0	570 of 839	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	51.5	401 of 948	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.6	588 of 942	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	15.9	1133 of 1318	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.6	1040 of 1313	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.5	1079 of 1315	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.1	1023 of 1324	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.8	1024 of 1297	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.3	1100 of 1335	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.4	1150 of 1334	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	17.4	895 of 1023	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	869 of 989	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.6	679 of 958	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.1	839 of 949	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.6	791 of 1007	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.1	826 of 1001	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	12.6	681 of 752	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.4	628 of 743	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.4	646 of 748	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.5	614 of 745	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.1	555 of 652	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.9	589 of 745	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.5	556 of 716	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.2	583 of 712	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	17.3	600 of 713	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	15.5	609 of 713	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	15.9	603 of 717	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	13.7	596 of 704	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	35.4	499 of 684	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	51.5	413 of 677	39.0%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	25.7	276 of 359	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	46.0	163 of 352	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.4	212 of 361	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.3	208 of 356	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.7	200 of 291	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	50.9	137 of 326	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.7	160 of 326	50.9%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	33.0	223 of 343	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	17.3	311 of 320	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.0	282 of 288	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	14.0	643 of 728	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	624 of 717	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.6	676 of 720	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.2	618 of 726	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.5	543 of 625	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.2	509 of 703	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.6	460 of 680	32.4%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	29.4	437 of 608	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.8	391 of 589	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.3	477 of 587	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.6	409 of 591	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.9	279 of 480	41.9%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	19.7	539 of 613	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.8	450 of 584	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.5	449 of 568	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	41.6	293 of 549	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	26.5	354 of 467	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.0	376 of 541	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.2	334 of 522	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	13.6	656 of 726	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.4	574 of 719	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.2	548 of 718	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.2	572 of 730	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.5	513 of 635	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.4	574 of 697	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.4	551 of 675	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	19.9	469 of 507	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	25.2	415 of 510	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.4	451 of 505	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	472 of 535	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2024)66th percentile+47 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)51st percentile+39 vs school

Hispanic (2025)27th percentile+15 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)14th percentile~ school

Male (2025)14th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)13th percentile~ school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2025)35th percentile+26 vs school

Hispanic (2025)28th percentile+19 vs school

African American (2025)23rd percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)12th percentile~ school

Male (2025)10th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)7th percentile~ school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts27%-26 vs state

Mathematics18%-26 vs state

Science6%-24 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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%)	14.4	1185^th of 1347 public elementary schools	12.0%		19.1	1088^th of 1338 public elementary schools	18.7%	97	6.3		23.5	39.2	14.2	30.1	25.5		19.6	32.7	12.2	14.5	9.8		$11,933	$426	$11,507
East Orange Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-4	99 Washington Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange Community Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 996-0400	414	19	21.7	84.8%	1 (0.2%)	385 (93.0%)	27 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22.3	1058^th of 1347 public elementary schools	21.5%		21.1	1058^th of 1338 public elementary schools	20.9%				25.0	48.2					27.4	25.3					$7,509	$993	$6,516
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)
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%)	20.6	1090^th of 1347 public elementary schools	19.1%		14.1	1164^th of 1338 public elementary schools	13.0%	74	0.0		44.8	32.4	26.9	48.8	50.0		13.3	21.0	18.5	21.4	32.4		$11,904	$437	$11,467
J. Garfield Jackson Senior Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	106 Prospect Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5895	247	19	13.0		6 (2.4%)	199 (80.6%)	36 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	42.1	786^th of 1347 public elementary schools	41.6%		40.2	794^th of 1338 public elementary schools	40.7%	8	15.6		63.4	43.6	45.1				58.5	17.9	38.8				$11,552	$450	$11,102
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%)	12.7	1206^th of 1347 public elementary schools	10.5%		12.8	1188^th of 1338 public elementary schools	11.2%	18	5.0		22.7	27.2	25.0	45.8	41.4		8.3	12.5	5.0	16.7	23.3		$10,552	$432	$10,120
Whitney E. Houston Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	215 Dodd St	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-5880	385	30	12.8	14.0%	4 (1.0%)	314 (81.6%)	58 (15.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (1.8%)	30.2	952^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	29.3%		24.1	1018^th of 1338 public elementary schools	23.9%	66	15.4	2.3	44.5	56.1	43.6	37.5	34.1	52.3	37.7	41.5	20.5	10.7	23.4	6.1	$15,694	$451	$15,243
Edward T. Bowser Senior School of Excellence	Public	PK, KG-5	180 Lincoln Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 414-4170	612	37	16.7		72 (11.8%)	249 (40.7%)	283 (46.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	8.1	1283^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	4.8%		11.5	1214^th of 1338 public elementary schools	9.3%	69	7.2		13.1	17.6	22.4				19.4	11.3	15.7				$13,332	$402	$12,930
Althea Gibson Academy	Public	PK-K	490 William Street	East Orange	07017	Essex County	East Orange School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 266-7017	144	10	15.1	3.5%	7 (4.9%)	115 (79.9%)	21 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)								(n/a)															$14,410	$279	$14,131
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%)	15.1	1174^th of 1347 public elementary schools	12.8%		15.6	1136^th of 1338 public elementary schools	15.1%	38	6.4		16.7	27.9	29.0	41.7	52.5		23.6	19.8	9.6	27.8	17.9		$9,475	$416	$9,059

Frequently Asked Questions about Park Avenue Elementary School

What district is Park Avenue Elementary School in?

ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District

What schools do graduates of Park Avenue Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Park Avenue Elementary School usually go on to attend:

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

Is Park Avenue Elementary School a good school?

Park Avenue Elementary School ranks in the bottom 12.0% of New Jersey elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Park Avenue Elementary School?

Students at Park Avenue Elementary School are 53% African American, 46% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

How many students attend Park Avenue Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 423 students attended Park Avenue Elementary School.

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