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What's one thing East Orange Community Charter School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
414
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST ORANGE COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340002100283
East Orange Community Charter School
99 WASHINGTON STREET, EAST ORANGE, NJ 07017 · (973) 996-0400 · Essex County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
19 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
351 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 149 | 36% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
26.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.5% | 26.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 21.6% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like East Orange Community Charter School
East Orange Community Charter School's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Orange Community Charter School this school | 414 | 84.8% | 29.8% |
| The Village Charter School TRENTON | 361 | 83.7% | 22.6% |
| Harriet Tubman Elementary School NEWARK | 298 | 84.2% | 17.4% |
| Chancellor Avenue School NEWARK | 607 | 88.3% | 16.3% |
| Grove Street Elementary School IRVINGTON | 443 | 90.3% | 18.3% |
| Link Community Charter School Newark | 343 | 72.3% | 35.4% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where East Orange Community Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #962 of 1,290 | #79 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #1,044 of 1,319 ▲ 22 | #85 of 141 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #999 of 1,319 ▼ 12 | #94 of 141 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #652 of 1,562 | #81 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #1,385 of 1,390 | #139 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.1% | #1,351 of 1,392 | #139 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #134 of 1,481 | #32 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #262 of 798 | #16 of 73 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
414
-58 (-12%) vs 2020
+7% since 2000-01, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 9.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 414 | 19 | 21.8:1 | 85% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 14 | 30.8:1 | 77% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 1 | 448.0:1 | 65% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 50 | 9.4:1 | 95% (447) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 77% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 27 | 18.1:1 | 71% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 81% (381) |
| 2000-01 | 386 | 1 | 386.0:1 | 85% (327) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Orange Community Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (491 to 414); teachers down 46% (35 to 19).
About East Orange Community Charter School
East Orange Community Charter School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in EAST ORANGE, New Jersey. It is open to students in kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 414 students.
East Orange Community Charter School operates as its own local education agency.
Black students are 93% of those enrolled at East Orange Community Charter School. Next come 7% Hispanic. That compares with about 36% Black among all Essex County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 13%.
East Orange Community Charter School lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.8 students per teacher. The school's 21.8:1 compares with an average of 11.4:1 for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 85% of the student body. The 54% average for public schools in Essex County is 31 points lower.
East Orange Community Charter School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 46% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
In New Jersey, East Orange Community Charter School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 29.8% actual against a predicted 19.8%.
In Essex County, home to about 863,002 people, the median household earns about $80,789 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Essex County number 249, with about 145,473 students.
Park Avenue Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from East Orange Community Charter School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 23.4% proficiency; East Orange Community Charter School posts 29.8%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. East Orange Community Charter School is one of the charter schools in New Jersey.
The school shrank from 472 students in 2020-21 to 414 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 9.4:1 to 21.8:1.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAST ORANGE
- East Orange Campus High SchoolHigh · 1,798 students
- Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High SchoolHigh · 701 students
- East Orange STEM Academy High SchoolHigh · 646 students
- Edward T. Bowser Sr. School of ExcellenceElementary · 612 students
- Langston Hughes Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
Nearby schools
- Park Avenue Elementary School0.2 mi · 423
- J. Garfield Jackson Sr. Academy0.5 mi · 247
- Orange Early Childhood Center0.5 mi · 195
- Central Elementary School0.5 mi · 369
- Edward T. Bowser Sr. School of Excellence0.6 mi · 612
- Althea Gibson Academy0.6 mi · 144
Frequently asked questions
About East Orange Community Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at East Orange Community Charter School?
East Orange Community Charter School enrolls approximately 414 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does East Orange Community Charter School serve?
East Orange Community Charter School serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does East Orange Community Charter School have?
East Orange Community Charter School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
What is the student diversity at East Orange Community Charter School?
Student demographics at East Orange Community Charter School are roughly 0% White, 7% Hispanic, 93% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is East Orange Community Charter School in?
East Orange Community Charter School is part of East Orange Community Charter School.
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