Summary:
ZIP code 07017 has 16 schools—10 elementary, three middle and three high schools—with enrollment ranging from 144 to 1,798 students; together they enroll 7,431, or about 464 students per school. The supplied data include test results for 13 schools. The clearest concern is that elementary results across six schools were well below state averages in both subjects in 2025–2026: the group averaged 32% in ELA versus 49% statewide, and 26% in math versus 47% statewide.
Some schools stand out in particular grades, but no single school leads every measure. Shelia Y. Oliver Academy reached 48% in fifth-grade math, 3 points above the state, and 32% in eighth-grade math, 9 points above. J. Garfield Jackson Senior Academy led fourth-grade ELA with 53%, 7 points above the state. At the high-school level, East Orange STEM Academy High School had 63% proficient in ninth-grade ELA—12 points above the state—and a 100% graduation rate, compared with 89% statewide. At the lower end, Patrick F. Healy Middle School had 14% proficient in seventh-grade ELA, 42 points below the state; East Orange Campus High School had 16% in NJGPA math, 45 points below.
Recent trends in the six-school elementary comparison were mixed but moved farther from state results: average ELA fell from 38% to 32% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while math slipped from 27% to 26%. Oliver bucked that pattern, gaining 11 points in its average ELA results across grades 3–5 and 7 points in math; STEM’s seventh-grade math rose 13 points. SchoolDigger ranked STEM in the 46th percentile among state high schools, compared with the 30th for Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School and the 4th for Campus High. School context also varies: the free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 85% at East Orange Community Charter School and 14% at Whitney E. Houston Academy, both in 2024–2025; these figures describe context, not a cause of test results. Results are not available for every school.
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