East Orange STEM Academy High School

East Orange STEM Academy High School operates as a close-knit senior high in EAST ORANGE, New Jersey, part of East Orange School District. Current enrollment sits at 646 students spanning grades 6 through 12. That puts it 30% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

East Orange School District runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 8,348 students. East Orange STEM Academy High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, East Orange STEM Academy High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). Other groups include 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, East Orange STEM Academy High School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Essex County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, East Orange STEM Academy High School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.7%; East Orange STEM Academy High School posts 39.5%, -16.3 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Essex County shows median household income runs about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which East Orange STEM Academy High School is one.

The closest other public school is Wahlstrom Early Childhood Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Orange STEM Academy High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Orange STEM Academy High School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 15.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Orange STEM Academy High School has grew 3%, going from 628 students in 2018 to 646 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 94% to 88% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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