Althea Gibson Academy

Althea Gibson Academy is a very small elementary school located in EAST ORANGE, New Jersey. It reports enrollment of 144 students in pre-K through kindergarten. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll around 405, and this school is 64% below that mark.

District-wide, East Orange School District has 19 schools and 8,348 students.

Federal enrollment data show Althea Gibson Academy is 80% Black. Next come 15% Hispanic and 5% White. The county population is about 36% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.

For every teacher at Althea Gibson Academy, there are about 15.2 students; the school has 9.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 5 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 3% of enrollment. Public schools in Essex County average 54%.

Looking at the county, Essex County, median household income comes to about $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Althea Gibson Academy, Essex County has 249 public schools.

Of the public schools around it, Althea Gibson Academy is closest to J. Garfield Jackson Sr. Academy, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.

Enrollment rose by 21% across 4 years, from 119 in 2020-21 to 144 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 9.9:1 to 15.2:1.

The allk12 page for Althea Gibson Academy lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.