Orange Board of Education
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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 prekindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 Abbott District
s statewide.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 10 schools had an enrollment of 4,441 students and 470.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4.
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.
) are
Elementary schools (PreK/K-6, except as indicated)
Middle school
High School
School district
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that is headquartered in the city of Orange
Orange, New Jersey
The City of Orange is a city and township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 30,134...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States, and serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 Abbott District
Abbott District
Abbott districts are school districts in New Jersey that are provided remedies to ensure that their students receive public education in accordance with New Jersey’s state constitution. They were created in 1985 as a result of the first ruling of Abbott v. Burke, a case filed by the Education Law...
s statewide.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 10 schools had an enrollment of 4,441 students and 470.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...
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 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
) are
Elementary schools (PreK/K-6, except as indicated)
- Central School (304 students; grades PreK-6)
- Cleveland Street School (329; K-6)
- Forest Street School (272; K-6)
- Heywood Avenue School (385; PreK-6)
- Lincoln Avenue School (455; K-6)
- Rosa Parks School (612; K-8, formerly Main Street School)
- Oakwood Avenue School (285; PreK-6)
- Park Avenue School (272; K-6)
Middle school
- Orange Preparatory Academy for grades 7&8 (438, formerly Orange Middle School)
High School
- Orange High School for grades 9-12 (1,089)
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:- Ronald D. Lee, Superintendent
- Adekunle O. James, Board Secretary / School Business Administrator
External links
- Orange Board of Education
- Data for the Orange Board of Education, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...