Orange Board of Education

Orange Board of Education
Superintendent:		Ronald Lee
Business Administrator:		Adekunle O. James
Address:		451 Lincoln Avenue Orange, NJ 07050
Grade Range:		K-12
School facilities:		10
Enrollment:		4,441 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs):		470.0
Student–teacher ratio:		9.4
District Factor Group:		A
Web site:		http://www.orange.k12.nj.us
Ind.	Per Pupil	District Spending	Rank (*)	K-12 Average	%± vs. Average
1	Comparative Cost	$15,889	90	$13,632	16.6%
2	Classroom Instruction	8,423	75	8,035	4.8%
6	Support Services	4,470	105	2,166	106.4%
8	Administrative Cost	1,619	93	1,379	17.4%
10	Operations & Maintenance	1,236	17	1,674	-26.2%
13	Extracurricular Activities	128	7	258	-50.4%
16	Median Teacher Salary	51,550	13	57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

Cleveland Street school

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 Districts statewide.^[3]

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.^[1]

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.^[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[5]) 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:^[6]

• Ronald D. Lee, Superintendent^[7]
• Adekunle O. James, Board Secretary / School Business Administrator^[8]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} District information for the City Of Orange Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 3, 2011.
2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
3. ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 15, 2009. Accessed April 3, 2011.
4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
5. ^ Data for the Orange Board of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 3, 2011.
6. ^ Essex County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
7. ^ Superintendent, Orange Board of Education. Accessed April 3, 2011.
8. ^ Business Office, Orange Board of Education. Accessed April 3, 2011.

External links

• Orange Board of Education
• Orange Board of Education's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Orange Board of Education, National Center for Education Statistics

Coordinates: 40°45′47″N 74°14′35″W / 40.76317°N 74.242925°W / 40.76317; -74.242925