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East Orange School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending

East Orange School District runs 19 public schools with 9,412 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.8 students per teacher is 4.1 higher than the New Jersey figure of 11.7.

At a glance

Schools
19
Students
9,412
Teachers (FTE)
596
Students per teacher
15.8
NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
Address
199 4th Ave, East Orange, NJ 07017
County
Essex County
Locale
Suburb: Large
Grades offered
PK to 12
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
3404230
State district ID
NJ-131210
Total staff (FTE)
1,442
School counselors (FTE)
36.0About 261 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE)
44.0
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district15.8
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3

2020 finance data

From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (9,344), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$281.2 million
Federal revenue
$14.9 million
State revenue
$239.0 million
Local revenue
$27.3 million
Total spending
$282.9 million
Spending per pupil
$30,271
Salaries
$124.7 million44.1% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$11.0 million

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 5.3%
  • State: 85.0%
  • Local: 9.7%

New Jersey overall

  • Federal: 5.1%
  • State: 41.6%
  • Local: 53.2%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$30,271
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826

Schools in East Orange School District

By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 13 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Althea Gibson AcademyCEP schoolElementaryPK to K14416.0
Benjamin Banneker AcademyCEP schoolElementaryPK to 8
Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 548113.7
Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High SchoolCEP schoolHigh6 to 1270111.3
Dionne Warwick InstituteCEP schoolElementaryPK to 537913.1
East Orange Campus High SchoolCEP schoolHigh9 to 121,79817.8
East Orange STEM Academy High SchoolCEP schoolHigh6 to 1264617.5
Ecole Toussaint LouvertureCEP schoolElementaryPK to 526914.2
Edward T. Bowser Sr. School of ExcellenceElementaryPK to 561217.0
Gordon Parks AcademyCEP schoolElementaryPK to 226814.1
J. Garfield Jackson Sr. AcademyCEP schoolElementaryPK to 524713.0
John L. Costley Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 833413.9
Langston Hughes Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 555415.4
Mildred Barry Garvin ElementaryCEP schoolElementary3 to 524512.2
Patrick F. Healy Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 832216.1
Shelia Y. Oliver AcademyCEP schoolElementaryPK to 841313.8
Sojourner Truth Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 826413.9
Wahlstrom Early Childhood AcademyCEP schoolElementaryPK to K15713.1
Whitney E. Houston AcademyCEP schoolElementaryPK to 838512.8

Nearby and related

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