Rosa Parks Community School

Rosa Parks Community School is an average-sized middle school in ORANGE, New Jersey, one of the schools within ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District. The school enrolls 593 students in grades 3 through 7.

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

Demographically, Rosa Parks Community School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%; the rest comes out to 30% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Rosa Parks Community School has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 84% of students at Rosa Parks Community School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Rosa Parks Community School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.1%.

Around the school, census data for Essex County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Rosa Parks Community School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

Central Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rosa Parks Community School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 23.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rosa Parks Community School has ticked down 39%, going from 980 students in 2018 to 593 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 42% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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