Regular local school district · Essex County
ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District runs 12 public schools with 5,967 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.4 students per teacher is 0.7 higher than the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 5,967
- Teachers (FTE)
- 481
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 451 Lincoln Avenue, Orange, NJ 07050
- Phone
- (973)677-4000
- County
- Essex County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3412270
- State district ID
- NJ-133880
- Total staff (FTE)
- 886
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 332 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 35.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.4
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 (5,629), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $128.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.5 million
- State revenue
- $112.4 million
- Local revenue
- $13.3 million
- Total spending
- $127.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,720
- Salaries
- $56.7 million44.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 1.9%
- State: 87.7%
- Local: 10.4%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,720
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 7 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Central Elementary School | Elementary | K to 2 | 369 | 14.2 |
| Cleveland Street Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 7 | 255 | 8.2 |
| Forest Street Community Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 7 | 384 | 12.0 |
| Heywood Avenue Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 7 | 363 | 11.7 |
| Lincoln Avenue Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 7 | 728 | 11.6 |
| Oakwood Avenue Community SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 7 | 272 | 9.7 |
| Orange Early Childhood CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 195 | 5.9 |
| Orange High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,368 | 16.1 |
| Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and InnovationCEP school | Middle | 8 | 397 | 8.3 |
| Park Avenue Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 423 | 12.8 |
| Rosa Parks Community SchoolCEP school | Middle | 3 to 7 | 593 | 11.4 |
| STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges | High | 9 to 12 | 180 | 12.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Essex County
- Newark Public School District 44,199 students
- East Orange School District 9,412 students
- Irvington Public School District 8,265 students
- South Orange-Maplewood School District 7,142 students
- West Orange Public Schools 7,119 students
- North Star Academy Charter School 6,731 students
- Bloomfield Township School District 6,468 students
- Livingston Board of Education School District 6,410 students
- TEAM Academy Charter School 6,407 students
- Montclair Public School District 6,278 students
- Belleville Public School District 5,071 students
- Millburn Township School District 4,577 students
- Nutley Public School District 4,356 students
- Caldwell-West School District 2,561 students
- Verona Public School District 2,195 students
More in New Jersey
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.