NCES CCD 2024-25 22 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in East Orange, NJ

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22 public K-12 schools in East Orange from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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22
Schools
9,566
Students
48.3/100
Avg Resource Index
13.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, East Orange has more public-school enrollment than 79% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. East Orange lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

14 of East Orange's 22 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 41-point gap between Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School and East Orange Campus High School shows the range hidden by East Orange's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 21%
School count
Top 13%
Resource Index average
82nd percentile
Teacher staffing
73rd percentile

East Orange Campus High School accounts for 18.8% of all East Orange public-school enrollment

That concentration means East Orange-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

East Orange school enrollment varies 14× across entities

East Orange school enrollment ranges from 131 students (lowest) to 1,798 students (highest), a spread of 1,667 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

East Orange reports 55.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

East Orange student-teacher ratio is 13.5:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School 66
2. Wahlstrom Early Childhood Academy 65
3. Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Academy 62
4. East Orange Stem Academy High School 60
5. Shelia Y. Oliver Academy 57
6. Patrick F. Healy Middle School 57
7. Althea Gibson Academy 55
8. Gordon Parks Academy 51
9. Pride Academy Charter School 50
10. Mildred Barry Garvin Elementary 50
11. Whitney E. Houston Academy 48
12. East Orange Community Charter School 45
13. J. Garfield Jackson Sr. Academy 45
14. Dionne Warwick Institute 44
15. Sojourner Truth Middle School 44
16. Ecole Toussaint Louverture 43
17. Edward T. Bowser Sr. School of Excellence 42
18. Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School 40
19. John L. Costley Middle School 39
20. Benjamin Banneker Academy 38
21. Langston Hughes Elementary School 36
22. East Orange Campus High School 25

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in East Orange

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Edward T. Bowser Sr. School of Excellence 60.7/100
  2. 2 John L. Costley Middle School 45.0/100
  3. 3 Patrick F. Healy Middle School 43.9/100
  4. 4 Sojourner Truth Middle School 41.7/100
  5. 5 Mildred Barry Garvin Elementary 41.3/100

What do families ask about schools in East Orange?

Which East Orange school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the East Orange schools in this federal-data comparison at 66/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in East Orange, NJ? ▼

East Orange has 22 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,566 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.