East Orange School District is a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from the city of East Orange

East Orange, New Jersey

East Orange is a city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the city's population 64,270, making it the state's 20th largest municipality, having dropped 5,554 residents from its population of 69,824 in the 2000 Census, when it was the state's 14th most...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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. The district is one of 31 Abbott District

Abbott District

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s statewide.

As of the 2008–09 school year, the district's 20 schools had an enrollment of 9,741 students and 951.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2.

In 2003, Patrick Healy Middle School was identified as one of seven "persistently dangerous" middle schools in New Jersey. The designation has since been removed.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 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 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:

Early childhood education centers

• Althea Gibson Early Childhood Academy (188 students)
  • Ruth Cahoon, Principal
• Wahlstrom Early Childhood Center (168)
  • Fidelia Sturdivant, Principal

Elementary schools

• Mildred Barry-Garvin School (PreK-5; 222)
  • Dr. Howard Walker, Principal
• Edward T. Bowser, Sr. Unique School of Excellence (PreK-5; 779)
  • Dr. Alease Griffith, Principal
• George Washington Carver Institute of Science and Technology (PreK-5; 491)
  • Loretta Onyeani, Principal
• Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Academy (K-5; 272)
  • Deborah Harvest, Principal
• Fourth Avenue School (K-5; 313)
  • Sharon Vincent, Principal
• Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative & Performing Arts (K-8; 596)
  • Henry Hamilton, Principal
• Langston Hughes School of Publishing & Arts (PreK-5; 540)
  • Annie Jackson, Principal
• J. Garfield Jackson, Sr. Academy (1-5; 291)
  • Gladys Calhoun, Principal
• Gordon Parks Academy School of Radio, Animation, Film and Television (K-6; 363)
  • Norman Stanley, Principal
• Ecole Toussaint Louverture (PreK-5; 370)
  • David T. Johnson, Principal
• Dionne Warwick Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship (PreK-5; 539)
  • Gloria Watson, Principal
• Washington Academy of Music (K-8; 454)
  • Passion Moss-Hasan, Principal

Middle schools

• John L. Costley Middle School (551)
  • Amalia Trono, Principal
• Patrick F. Healy Middle School (314)
  • Dr. Robert Morgan, Principal
• Sojourner Truth Middle School (444)

Middle/high school

• Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts
  Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts
  Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts is a specialty magnet school that serves students in grades pre-k–12 in the city of East Orange, New Jersey, United States, as part of the East Orange School District, offering separate middle school and high school curricula. The school is...
  
   (grades 7-12; 659 students), a combined middle and high school where students are accepted based on their intellect and talents.
  • Laura Trimmings, Principal

High schools

• East Orange Campus 9 High School http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=32 (formerly Clifford Scott High) - Grade 9; 636 students
  • Dr. Nicholas Del Tufo, Principal
• East Orange Campus High School
  East Orange Campus High School
  East Orange Campus High School is a public high school located in the city of East Orange, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in grades 10-12, located in the former campus of Upsala College. The school is part of the East Orange School District, classified as an Abbott...
  
   (located in the former campus of Upsala College
  Upsala College
  Upsala College was a private college in East Orange, New Jersey, USA, founded in 1893. Construction of the campus started in 1900. The college closed in 1995, after several years of financial problems.-History:...
  
  ) grades 10-12; 1,703 students
  • Dr. Kelvin Harris, Principal

Administration/Board of Education

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Gloria Scott, Superintendent of Schools
• Victor Demming, Business Administrator

The East Orange Board of Education Board Members

(Effective May, 2011 through May, 2012)

Board Members

• Kristie M. Howard, Esq., President Pro Tempore/ Vice President
• Theresa A. Combs
• Everett J. Jennings, CCE
• Cameron B. Jones, Sr.
• Emily G. Nichols-Mitchell, MBA
• Arthur L. Wright
• Vacant Seat

Joyce Brodie, Executive Secretary to the Board

External links

• East Orange School District
• Data for the East Orange School District, National Center for Education Statistics
  National 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...