Regular local school district · Essex County
South Orange-Maplewood School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
South Orange-Maplewood School District runs 10 public schools with 7,142 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is about the same as the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 7,142
- Teachers (FTE)
- 588
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 525 Academy Street, Maplewood, NJ 07040
- Phone
- (973)762-5600
- County
- Essex County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3415330
- State district ID
- NJ-134900
- Total staff (FTE)
- 991
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 549 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 29.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
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 (7,005), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $169.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.0 million
- State revenue
- $36.3 million
- Local revenue
- $129.6 million
- Total spending
- $159.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,750
- Salaries
- $70.7 million44.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $150.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 2.4%
- State: 21.4%
- Local: 76.3%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,750
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in South Orange-Maplewood School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Clinton Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 542 | 9.9 |
| Columbia High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,985 | 14.3 |
| Delia Bolden Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 518 | 12.9 |
| Maplewood Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 762 | 9.5 |
| Marshall Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 504 | 12.9 |
| Montrose Early Childhood Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 98 | 9.8 |
| Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School | Elementary | K to 5 | 423 | 9.2 |
| South Mountain Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 613 | 11.6 |
| South Orange Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 752 | 9.8 |
| Tuscan Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 531 | 11.5 |
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
- 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
- ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District 5,967 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
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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.