East Orange School District

East Orange School District
Superintendent: Dr. Gloria Scott
Business Administrator: Victor Demming
Address: 715 Park Avenue
East Orange, NJ 07017
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 20
Enrollment: 9,741 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 951.1
Student–teacher ratio: 10.2
District Factor Group: A
Web site: http://www.eastorange.K12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $18,568 103 $13,632 36.2%
2 Classroom Instruction 10,184 101 8,035 26.7%
6 Support Services 3,806 103 2,166 75.7%
8 Administrative Cost 1,766 105 1,379 28.1%
10 Operations & Maintenance 2,616 102 1,674 56.3%
13 Extracurricular Activities 111 5 258 -57.0%
16 Median Teacher Salary 75,068 102 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

East Orange School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from the city of East Orange, New Jersey. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.[3]

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2.[1]

In 2003, Patrick Healy Middle School was identified as one of seven "persistently dangerous" middle schools in New Jersey.[4] 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.[5]

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:

Early childhood education centers
Elementary schools
Middle schools
Middle/high school
High schools

Administration/Board of Education

Core members of the district's administration are:[8][9]

The East Orange Board of Education Board Members

(Effective May, 2011 through May, 2012)

Board Members

Joyce Brodie, Executive Secretary to the Board

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the East Orange School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 2, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.
  4. ^ List of dangerous schools, CNN, September 25, 2003.
  5. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  6. ^ Data for the East Orange School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 17, 2009.
  7. ^ A new name for school in E. Orange: 'John Howard' is out, 'Edward Bowser' in, The Star-Ledger, December 12, 2006.
  8. ^ Administrative Directory, East Orange School District. Accessed August 4, 2008.
  9. ^ Essex County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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