Orange Board Of Education - East Orange Board Of Education

Orange Board of Education is a comprehensive community public school district that is headquartered in the city of Orange, New Jersey, United States, and serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide, which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 4,618 students and 436.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâ€"teacher ratio of 10.58:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Preschool

• Orange Early Childhood Center

Elementary schools

• Central School (defunct, had 249 students in grades K-2)
• Cleveland Street School (296; K-7)
• Forest Street School (356; PreK-7)
• Heywood Avenue School (422; PreK-7)
• Lincoln Avenue School (599; K-7)
• Oakwood Avenue School (274; PreK-7)
• Park Avenue School (437; K-7)
• Rosa Parks School (618; 2-7, formerly Main Street School)

Middle school

• Orange Preparatory Academy for grades 8-9 (571, formerly Orange Middle School)

High school

• Orange High School for grades 10â€"12 (796)
• Career and Innovation Academy of Orange

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Ronald D. Lee, Superintendent
• Adekunle O. James, Board Secretary / School Business Administrator

References

External links

• Orange Board of Education
• Orange Board of Education's 2014â€"15 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Orange Board of Education, National Center for Education Statistics