Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341227002404
Heywood Avenue Elementary School
421 HEYWOOD AVE, ORANGE, NJ 07050 · (973) 677-4105 · Essex County
GRADES PK–07ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
211 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 6% larger than its 7th grade class (36).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Heywood Avenue Elementary School→Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation
Based on grade levels within ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
45.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
32.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 49.3% | 31.7% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Heywood Avenue Elementary School
Heywood Avenue Elementary School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heywood Avenue Elementary School this school | 363 | 58.1% | 37.0% |
| J.C.Stuart ECDC Willingboro | 365 | 64.1% | N/A |
| Garfield ECDC Willingboro | 294 | 56.1% | N/A |
| Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School Willingboro | 356 | 48.0% | 23.1% |
| Lawnside School District LAWNSIDE | 333 | 48.9% | 16.3% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary School IRVINGTON | 393 | 70.2% | 19.3% |
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 Heywood Avenue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #817 of 1,290 | #68 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #923 of 1,319 ▼ 24 | #73 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #822 of 1,319 ▼ 134 | #80 of 141 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #836 of 1,562 | #102 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #809 of 1,390 | #37 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.5% | #1,101 of 1,392 | #101 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.1% | #480 of 1,481 | #80 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #797 of 798 | #73 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
363
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 325
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 363 | 31 | 11.7:1 | 58% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 32.5 | 11.5:1 | 61% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 32.5 | 11.3:1 | 63% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 35 | 10.1:1 | 63% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 364 | 34 | 10.7:1 | 60% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 34 | 10.4:1 | 63% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 370 | 24 | 15.4:1 | 64% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 71% (369) |
| 1990-91 | 325 | 13 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heywood Avenue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (364 to 363); teachers down 9% (34 to 31).
About Heywood Avenue Elementary School
Heywood Avenue Elementary School is an elementary school in ORANGE, New Jersey, according to federal school records. Enrolled students number 363 students, in pre-K through 7.
ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District is the local district for Heywood Avenue Elementary School. It runs 12 schools with 5,527 students.
Black students make up a majority at Heywood Avenue Elementary School, at 77%. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Essex County is roughly 36% Black. Heywood Avenue Elementary School's diversity index is 38%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Heywood Avenue Elementary School is 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 58%.
allk12 grades Heywood Avenue Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Heywood Avenue Elementary School would score about 34.4%. It scores 37.0%, 2.6 points above that figure.
Essex County has about 863,002 residents, and the median household income is $80,789, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. In all, Essex County has 249 public schools and roughly 145,473 students.
The school nearest to Heywood Avenue Elementary School is STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Heywood Avenue Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 363, close to the 355 recorded in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 10.1 to 11.7 over 4 years.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District
- Orange High SchoolHigh · 1,368 students
- Lincoln Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- Rosa Parks Community SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and InnovationMiddle · 397 students
- Forest Street Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
Other schools in ORANGE
- Orange High SchoolHigh · 1,368 students
- Lincoln Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- Rosa Parks Community SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and InnovationMiddle · 397 students
- Forest Street Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
Nearby schools
- STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges0.4 mi · 180
- Montrose Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 98
- Forest Street Community Elementary School0.6 mi · 384
- Orange High School0.6 mi · 1,368
- Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation0.7 mi · 397
- Marshall Elementary School0.7 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Heywood Avenue Elementary SchoolHow large is Heywood Avenue Elementary School?
Heywood Avenue Elementary School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades PK-07.
Is Heywood Avenue Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Heywood Avenue Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-07.
How many students per teacher at Heywood Avenue Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Heywood Avenue Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Heywood Avenue Elementary School?
Student demographics at Heywood Avenue Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 18% Hispanic, 77% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Heywood Avenue Elementary School public or private?
Heywood Avenue Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.