Oakwood Avenue Community School

As a compact elementary school in ORANGE, New Jersey, Oakwood Avenue Community School serves 272 students from grades pre-K through 7, one of the schools within ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District. That puts it 33% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Within ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District, which oversees 12 schools and 5,527 students, Oakwood Avenue Community School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oakwood Avenue Community School logs that Black students make up the majority at 64%; the rest is composed of 33% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Oakwood Avenue Community School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Oakwood Avenue Community School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.1%; this one delivers 19.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Essex County put median household income runs about $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Oakwood Avenue Community School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

The closest other public school is Althea Gibson Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Oakwood Avenue Community School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.7%.

Oakwood Avenue Community School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Oakwood Avenue Community School's enrollment has ticked up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 234 (now 272). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 72% to 64%.

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