Kelly Elementary School

Kelly Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in W ORANGE, New Jersey, run under West Orange Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 451 students spanning grades K through 5.

West Orange Public Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,616 students. Kelly Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Kelly Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 34% Black, 11% multiracial, 10% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at Kelly Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Essex County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kelly Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.6%; this one delivers 47.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate median household income runs about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Kelly Elementary School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

Nearest neighbor: West Orange High School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kelly Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kelly Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 447 students in 2018 to 451 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 35% to 42%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.