Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341227002408
Oakwood Avenue Community School
135 OAKWOOD AVE, ORANGE, NJ 07050 · (973) 677-4095 · Essex County
GRADES PK–07ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
9.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
204 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 | 77 | 28% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 40% smaller than its 7th grade class (30).
Student demographics
48%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
Oakwood Avenue Community 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
33.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
13.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 14.9% |
% 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
19.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Oakwood Avenue Community School
Oakwood Avenue Community School's state test result (19.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakwood Avenue Community School this school | 272 | 75.0% | 19.1% |
| Gables Elementary School NEPTUNE | 284 | 76.1% | 20.4% |
| Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School NEWARK | 225 | 73.3% | 43.1% |
| Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center CAMDEN | 349 | 73.6% | 15.6% |
| Grover Cleveland Elementary School NEWARK | 321 | 76.9% | 13.5% |
| Gladys Nunery School JERSEY CITY | 251 | 84.5% | 24.8% |
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 Oakwood Avenue Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #1,146 of 1,290 | #105 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #1,232 of 1,319 ▼ 51 | #124 of 141 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,054 of 1,319 ▲ 50 | #101 of 141 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #1,217 of 1,562 | #125 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #275 of 1,390 | #11 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #873 of 1,392 | #72 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.0% | #291 of 1,481 | #54 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.2% | #139 of 545 | #21 of 61 |
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
272
-9 (-3%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 243
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 272 | 28 | 9.7:1 | 75% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 26 | 10.7:1 | 73% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 25 | 11.2:1 | 80% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 26 | 10.8:1 | 79% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 234 | 23.8 | 9.8:1 | 73% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 278 | 29 | 9.6:1 | 73% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 264 | 25 | 10.6:1 | 61% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 264 | 23 | 11.5:1 | 92% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 243 | 14 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakwood Avenue Community School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (234 to 272); teachers up 18% (23.8 to 28).
About Oakwood Avenue Community School
Oakwood Avenue Community School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in ORANGE, New Jersey. The latest federal count shows 272 students in pre-K through 7. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students, so this school is 33% smaller than average.
The ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District system has 12 schools and 5,527 students.
A majority of students at Oakwood Avenue Community School, 64%, are Black. Next come 33% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 36% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Oakwood Avenue Community School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
Oakwood Avenue Community School operates with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.7:1. That ratio is under the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Oakwood Avenue Community School reports 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Essex County, the school's rate is higher.
Oakwood Avenue Community School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Oakwood Avenue Community School scores 19.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Essex County, median household income is about $80,789, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. A total of 249 public schools operate in Essex County, serving about 145,473 students.
The closest other public school is Althea Gibson Academy, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Oakwood Avenue Community School's average proficiency of 19.1% compares with 26.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Oakwood Avenue Community School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 281 in 2020-21 and 272 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 10.8:1 to 9.7:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Oakwood Avenue Community School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Althea Gibson Academy0.6 mi · 144
- East Orange Community Charter School0.6 mi · 414
- Lincoln Avenue Elementary School0.6 mi · 728
- J. Garfield Jackson Sr. Academy0.6 mi · 247
- Rosa Parks Community School0.6 mi · 593
- Central Elementary School0.6 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About Oakwood Avenue Community SchoolHow many students attend Oakwood Avenue Community School?
Oakwood Avenue Community School enrolls approximately 272 students in grades PK-07.
What grades does Oakwood Avenue Community School serve?
Oakwood Avenue Community School serves grades PK-07.
How many teachers does Oakwood Avenue Community School have?
Oakwood Avenue Community School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
How diverse is Oakwood Avenue Community School?
Oakwood Avenue Community School reports a student body of 1% White, 33% Hispanic, 64% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakwood Avenue Community School?
Oakwood Avenue Community School is overseen by ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District in Essex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.