East Orange School District

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East Orange School District
715 Park Avenue
East Orange, NJ 07017
District information
Grades pre-K to 12
Superintendent Dr. Gloria C. Scott
Business administrator Victor Demming
Schools 20
Affiliation(s) Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment 9,709 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 867.0 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 11.20:1
Other information
District Factor Group A
Website www.eastorange.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $25,032 100 $18,891 32.5%
1 Budgetary Cost 17,725 97 14,783 19.9%
2 Classroom Instruction 9,723 87 8,763 11.0%
6 Support Services 3,571 99 2,392 49.3%
8 Administrative Cost 1,631 79 1,485 9.8%
10 Operations & Maintenance 2,553 95 1,783 43.2%
13 Extracurricular Activities 105 3 268 -60.8%
16 Median Teacher Salary 81,073 96 64,043
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, New Jersey. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide,[3] 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.[4][5]

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's 20 schools had an enrollment of 9,709 students and 867.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.20:1.[1]

In 2003, Patrick Healy Middle School was identified as one of seven "persistently dangerous" public schools in New Jersey.[6] 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.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10][11]

Early childhood education centers
  • Althea Gibson Early Childhood Academy[12] (171 students; in grades PreK and K)
    • Crystal Davis, Principal
  • Wahlstrom Early Childhood Center[13] (167; PreK-K)
    • Fidelia Sturdivant, Principal
Elementary schools
  • Benjamin Banneker Academy[14] (491; PreK-5)
    • Sharon Vincent, Principal
  • Edward T. Bowser, Sr. School of Excellence[15] (719; PreK-5)
    • Brian Heaphy, Principal
  • George Washington Carver Institute of Science and Technology[16] (417; PreK-5)
    • Sharon Davis, Principal
  • Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Academy[17] (254; K-5)
    • Ralph Jacob, Jr., Principal
  • Mildred Barry Garvin School[18] (350; PreK-5)
    • Dr. Howard Walker, Principal
  • Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative & Performing Arts[19] (436; PreK-8)
    • Henry Hamilton, Principal
  • Langston Hughes Elementary School[20] (562; PreK-5)
    • Annie Jackson, Principal
  • J. Garfield Jackson, Sr. Academy[21] (288; K-5)
    • Yvy Joseph, Principal
  • Ecole Touissant Louverture[22] (309 ; PreK-5)
    • David T. Johnson, Principal
  • Gordon Parks Academy School of Radio, Animation, Film and Television[23] (313; PreK-5)
    • Leslie Shults, Principal
  • Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School[24] (509 ; PreK-5)
    • Passion Moss-Hasan, Principal
  • Dionne Warwick Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship[25] (453; PreK-5)
    • Gloria Watson, Principal
Middle schools
  • Patrick F. Healy Middle School[26] (420; 6)
    • Dr. Monica D. Burton, Principal
  • John L. Costley Middle School[27] (453; 7)
    • Amalia Trono, Principal
  • Sojourner Truth Middle School[28] (459; 8)
    • Vincent Stallings, Principal
High schools
Other
  • Fresh Start Academy Middle School - Glenwood Campus[32] (6-8)
    • Stephen Webb, Supervisor
  • Fresh Start Academy High - Edmonson Alternative[33] (9-12)
    • Dr. Neville Matadin, Supervisor

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[34][35]

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for East Orange School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archiveas of May 15, 2009. Accessed August 14, 2012.
  4. ↑ What are SDA Districts?, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed August 14, 2012. "SDA Districts are 31 special-needs school districts throughout New Jersey. They were formerly known as Abbott Districts, based on the Abbott v. Burke case in which the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts.... The districts were renamed after the elimination of the Abbott designation through passage of the state’s new School Funding Formula in January 2008."
  5. ↑ SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed August 14, 2012.
  6. ↑ 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."
  7. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ School Data for the East Orange School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  9. ↑ Meet the East Orange Schools, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  10. ↑ Schools, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the East Orange School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  12. ↑ Althea Gibson Early Childhood Academy, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  13. ↑ Wahlstrom Early Childhood Center, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  14. ↑ Benjamin Banneker Academy, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  15. ↑ Edward T. Bowser, Sr. School of Excellence, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  16. ↑ George Washington Carver Institute of Science and Technology, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  17. ↑ Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Academy, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  18. ↑ Mildred Barry Garvin School, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  19. ↑ Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative & Performing Arts, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  20. ↑ Langston Hughes Elementary School, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  21. ↑ J. Garfield Jackson, Sr. Academy, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  22. ↑ Ecole Touissant Louverture, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  23. ↑ Gordon Parks Academy School of Radio, Animation, Film and Television, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  24. ↑ Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  25. ↑ Dionne Warwick Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  26. ↑ Patrick F. Healy Middle School, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  27. ↑ John L. Costley Middle School, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  28. ↑ Sojourner Truth Middle School, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  29. ↑ Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  30. ↑ East Orange Campus High School, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  31. ↑ East Orange STEM Academy, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  32. ↑ Fresh Start Academy Middle School - Glenwood Campus, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  33. ↑ Fresh Start Academy High - Edmonson Alternative, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  34. ↑ District Administration, East Orange School District. Accessed November 4, 2014.
  35. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Essex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 4, 2014.

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