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Which teacher or staff member at Orange High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,368
High
DISTRICT 774 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341227002396
Orange High School
400 LINCOLN AVE, ORANGE, NJ 07050 · (973) 677-4050 · Essex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,368 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of New Jersey public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
86 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
886 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 314 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 376 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 314 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 364 | 27% |
Student demographics
51%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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
23.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -9.3pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.6% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 12.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 High School
Orange High School's state test result (16.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange High School this school | 1,368 | 64.8% | 16.0% |
| Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology NEWARK | 1,230 | 73.4% | 43.0% |
| Rahway High School RAHWAY | 1,286 | 63.2% | 17.3% |
| Central High School NEWARK | 1,051 | 74.5% | 6.3% |
| Hillside High School HILLSIDE | 911 | 66.5% | 16.7% |
| Abraham Clark High School ROSELLE | 926 | 75.4% | 14.1% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #342 of 397 | #27 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #289 of 400 ▲ 25 | #24 of 39 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #337 of 395 ▼ 3 | #28 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,368 | #94 of 442 | #12 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #366 of 388 | #32 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #227 of 389 | #17 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #90 of 405 | #22 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +42.5% | #14 of 173 | #4 of 19 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,368
+528 (+63%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 1,032
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 1,368 | 85.5 | 16.0:1 | 65% (886) |
| 2023-24 | 1,370 | 83.5 | 16.4:1 | 58% (788) |
| 2022-23 | 1,265 | 79 | 16.0:1 | 70% (888) |
| 2020-21 | 840 | 94 | 8.9:1 | 72% (602) |
| 2017-18 | 960 | 85.9 | 11.2:1 | 54% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 825 | 80 | 10.3:1 | 66% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 780 | 65 | 12.0:1 | 45% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 978 | 82 | 11.9:1 | 75% (733) |
| 1990-91 | 1,032 | 69 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orange High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 43% (960 to 1,368); teachers unchanged (85.9 to 85.5).
About Orange High School
This page covers Orange High School, a medium-sized high school in ORANGE, New Jersey. The school's 1,368 students are in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 47% higher than the average for high schools in New Jersey, which is about 929.
Orange High School is part of a district of 12 schools: ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District, with 5,527 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Orange High School, at 51%. Smaller groups are 48% Black. For comparison, the population of Essex County is roughly 25% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 85.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Orange High School and a ratio of 16.0:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 65% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Essex County averages 54%, lower than here.
Orange High School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 12% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Orange High School scores 14.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 16.0% actual versus 30.7% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Orange High School is located in Essex County, where the median household income is $80,789, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides Orange High School, Essex County has 248 other public schools.
Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation is the public school closest to Orange High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Orange High School's average proficiency of 16.0% compares with 31.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
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.
Enrollment records show 840 in 2020-21 and 1,368 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.0:1) than in 2020-21 (8.9:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Orange High School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- 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
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Other schools in ORANGE
- 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
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Other Orange High schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Orange High. Orange High School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Orange High SchoolLewis, OH · 1,936 students
- Orange HighOrange, CA · 1,728 students
- Orange HighHillsborough, NC · 1,161 students
- Orange High SchoolPepper Pike, OH · 617 students
Nearby schools
- Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation0.1 mi · 397
- Lincoln Avenue Elementary School0.2 mi · 728
- Forest Street Community Elementary School0.5 mi · 384
- Hazel Avenue Elementary School0.6 mi · 334
- Heywood Avenue Elementary School0.6 mi · 363
- Rosa Parks Community School0.7 mi · 593
Frequently asked questions
About Orange High SchoolHow large is Orange High School?
Orange High School enrolls approximately 1,368 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Orange High School serve?
Orange High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Orange High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Orange High School is approximately 16.0:1 (86 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Orange High School?
Student demographics at Orange High School are roughly 0% White, 51% Hispanic, 48% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Orange High School public or private?
Orange High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.