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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Shelia Y. Oliver Academy, East Orange, NJ

CEP schoolShelia Y. Oliver Academy is a public elementary school in East Orange, part of East Orange School District. It enrolled 413 students in 2024-25, with 13.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
413
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Students per teacher
13.8
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is 2.0 lower than the district figure of 15.8. The New Jersey average across schools is 11.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.8
District15.8
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
404 North Grove Street, East Orange, NJ 07017
Phone
(973)266-5860
District
East Orange School District
County
Essex County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
340423002046
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
51
Reduced-price lunch
10
Free or reduced-price lunch
6114.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in East Orange School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in East Orange

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.