Sojourner Truth Middle School

Sojourner Truth Middle School is an intimate intermediate school in EAST ORANGE, New Jersey, one of the schools within East Orange School District. The school educates 264 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 54% leaner than the state mean of about 578.

East Orange School District runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 8,348 students. Sojourner Truth Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Sojourner Truth Middle School records that 73% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest is composed of 20% Hispanic, 5% White. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sojourner Truth Middle School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Sojourner Truth Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Essex County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Sojourner Truth Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 51.2%; this one comes in at 9.3%, -42.0 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Essex County's 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), Sojourner Truth Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is John L. Costley Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sojourner Truth Middle School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 15.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sojourner Truth Middle School has edged down 31%, going from 384 students in 2018 to 264 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 89% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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