Heywood Avenue Elementary School

Heywood Avenue Elementary School operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in ORANGE, New Jersey, operated by ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District. Current enrollment sits at 363 students spanning grades pre-K through 7.

ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 5,527 students. Heywood Avenue Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Heywood Avenue Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 18% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Heywood Avenue Elementary School shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Heywood Avenue Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Heywood Avenue Elementary School is one.

STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Heywood Avenue Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.4%.

Heywood Avenue Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Heywood Avenue Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 364 (now 363). Black enrollment moved from 85% to 77% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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