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Enrollment
750
Middle
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRANFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340357005462
Orange Avenue School
901 ORANGE AVENUE, CRANFORD, NJ 07016 · (908) 709-6257 · Union County
GRADES 03–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL750 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of New Jersey public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
6 students
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 167 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 165 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 22% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Orange Avenue School→Cranford High School
Based on grade levels within Cranford Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
80.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
71.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.5% | 71.6% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 70.9% |
% 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
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Orange Avenue School
Orange Avenue School's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Avenue School this school | 750 | 0.8% | 70.0% |
| Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School VERONA | 702 | 1.9% | 58.1% |
| Roosevelt Intermediate School Westfield | 638 | 0.9% | 65.5% |
| Thompson Middle School MIDDLETOWN | 862 | 4.9% | 62.7% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School WYCKOFF | 607 | 0.5% | 61.9% |
| Haddonfield Middle School HADDONFIELD | 631 | 1.6% | 69.4% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Orange Avenue School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #30 of 433 | #3 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #45 of 437 ▼ 10 | #5 of 25 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #55 of 437 ▼ 7 | #6 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 750 | #113 of 445 | #8 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #298 of 417 | #14 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.7% | #353 of 419 | #22 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 0.8% | #432 of 436 | #25 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #252 of 282 | #7 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
750
+28 (+4%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 676
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 750 | 64.3 | 11.7:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2023-24 | 769 | 65.5 | 11.7:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2022-23 | 765 | 67.7 | 11.3:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2020-21 | 722 | 71 | 10.2:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 766 | 65.3 | 11.7:1 | 2% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 767 | 64 | 12.0:1 | 2% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 774 | 51 | 15.2:1 | 2% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 668 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 2% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 676 | 42 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orange Avenue School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (766 to 750); teachers down 1% (65.3 to 64.3).
About Orange Avenue School
This page covers Orange Avenue School, a mid-sized middle-grades school in CRANFORD, New Jersey. It has an enrollment of 750 students in grades 3 through 8. Middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students, which makes this school 30% larger than average.
Orange Avenue School is one of 7 schools in Cranford Public School District, which enrolls 3,773 students in total.
The share of White students at Orange Avenue School is 78%, a majority. Other students are 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 39% White share among all Union County residents. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at Orange Avenue School are from different groups.
With 64.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.7:1. Middle schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 10.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Orange Avenue School, 1% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Union County average 52%.
On the allk12 Grade, Orange Avenue School lands at A, ahead of 89% of New Jersey public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Orange Avenue School is 65.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 70.0%.
For Union County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $103,202 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Union County number 180, with about 99,046 students.
Warren G. Harding Elementary School sits about 0.4 miles from Orange Avenue School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Orange Avenue School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% rise, from 722 to 750. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.2:1 to 11.7:1.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cranford Public School District
- Cranford High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
- Hillside Avenue SchoolElementary · 743 students
- Brookside Place SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Walnut Avenue SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Livingston Avenue SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Bloomingdale Avenue SchoolElementary · 226 students
Other schools in CRANFORD
- Cranford High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
- Hillside Avenue SchoolElementary · 743 students
- Brookside Place SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Walnut Avenue SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Livingston Avenue SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Bloomingdale Avenue SchoolElementary · 226 students
Other Orange Avenue schools
One other US public school is named Orange Avenue. Orange Avenue School is the largest of the 2.
- Orange Avenue SchoolMilford, CT · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Warren G. Harding Elementary School0.4 mi · 659
- Bloomingdale Avenue School0.6 mi · 226
- David Brearley Middle/High School0.6 mi · 774
- Cranford High School1.0 mi · 1,116
- Brookside Place School1.1 mi · 364
- Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School1.1 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About Orange Avenue SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Orange Avenue School?
Orange Avenue School enrolls approximately 750 students in grades 03-08.
Is Orange Avenue School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Orange Avenue School is a middle school covering grades 03-08.
How many students per teacher at Orange Avenue School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Orange Avenue School.
How diverse is Orange Avenue School?
Orange Avenue School reports a student body of 78% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Orange Avenue School in?
Orange Avenue School is part of Cranford Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.