East Orange School District

East Orange School District
Address
199 4th Avenue
East Orange
, Essex County, New Jersey, 07017
United States
Coordinates40°46′27″N 74°13′18″W / 40.774261°N 74.221546°W / 40.774261; -74.221546
District information
GradesPre-K to 12
SuperintendentAbdulsaleem Hasan
Business administratorChristina Hunt
Schools20
Affiliation(s)Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment10,072 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty744.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupA
Websitewww.eastorange.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$25,032100$18,89132.5%
1Budgetary Cost17,7259714,78319.9%
2Classroom Instruction9,723878,76311.0%
6Support Services3,571992,39249.3%
8Administrative Cost1,631791,4859.8%
10Operations & Maintenance2,553951,78343.2%
13Extracurricular Activities1053268−60.8%
16Median Teacher Salary81,0739664,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

East Orange School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from the city of East Orange, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3] The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke[4] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[5][6] As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising 20 schools, had an enrollment of 10,072 students and 744.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5:1.[1]

In 2003, Patrick Healy Middle School was identified as one of seven "persistently dangerous" public schools in New Jersey.[7] The designation has since been removed.

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.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for East Orange School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ East Orange Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification. East Orange School District. Accessed September 3, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the East Orange School District. Composition: The East Orange School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the city of East Orange in the County of Essex."
  4. ^ What We Do: History, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v. Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."
  5. ^ What We Do, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  6. ^ SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  7. ^ Newman, Maria. "Seven Schools in New Jersey Make the 'Dangerous' List ", The New York Times, August 2, 2003. Accessed November 4, 2014. "The New Jersey Department of Education has named seven schools to a list it has published to identify 'persistently dangerous' schools, as mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.... The others are the Lakeside Middle School, in Millville; Atlantic City High School in the Atlantic City School District; Patrick Healy Middle School in the East Orange School District; and Simmons Elementary School in the Clayton Public School District."
  8. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 4, 2014.