Patrick F. Healy Middle School

Patrick F. Healy Middle School is a tight-knit middle school in EAST ORANGE, New Jersey, overseen by East Orange School District. The school caters to 322 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 44% leaner than typical.

Within East Orange School District, which oversees 19 schools and 8,348 students, Patrick F. Healy Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Patrick F. Healy Middle School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Patrick F. Healy Middle School reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 14% of students at Patrick F. Healy Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Essex County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Patrick F. Healy Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 58.5%; this one comes in at 8.3%, -50.2 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Essex County's 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), Patrick F. Healy Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sojourner Truth Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Patrick F. Healy Middle School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.2%.

Patrick F. Healy Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Patrick F. Healy Middle School's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 322). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 93% to 72%. Class-load math has widened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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