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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the West Orange High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
2,106
High
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST ORANGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 341761002468
West Orange High School
51 CONFORTI AVE, WEST ORANGE, NJ 07052 · (973) 669-5301 · Essex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,106 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of New Jersey public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
188 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
926 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 472 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 575 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 532 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 527 | 25% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Based on grade levels within West Orange Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
54.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
33.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.6% | 33.4% |
| 2023-24 | 60.4% | 26.1% |
% 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 West Orange High School
West Orange High School's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Orange High School this school | 2,106 | 44.0% | 39.0% |
| Union High School UNION | 2,410 | 51.2% | 25.8% |
| Franklin High School Somerset | 2,134 | 50.2% | 25.8% |
| Teaneck High School TEANECK | 1,244 | 42.1% | 33.2% |
| Bloomfield High School Bloomfield | 2,055 | 50.3% | 36.9% |
| Burlington County Institute of Technology - Westampton Westampton | 1,300 | 52.5% | 37.1% |
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 West Orange High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #188 of 397 | #16 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #166 of 400 ▲ 46 | #17 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #174 of 395 ▲ 17 | #22 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,106 | #25 of 442 | #1 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #124 of 388 | #11 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #38 of 389 | #1 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #171 of 405 | #27 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #167 of 173 | #18 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
2,106
-77 (-4%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 1,227
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 2,106 | 187.7 | 11.2:1 | 44% (926) |
| 2023-24 | 2,208 | 192.7 | 11.5:1 | 44% (967) |
| 2022-23 | 2,151 | 189.2 | 11.4:1 | 46% (992) |
| 2020-21 | 2,183 | 193 | 11.3:1 | 43% (939) |
| 2017-18 | 2,095 | 192.3 | 10.9:1 | 46% (973) |
| 2015-16 | 2,084 | 184 | 11.3:1 | 49% (1,018) |
| 2010-11 | 2,143 | 165 | 13.0:1 | 39% (833) |
| 2000-01 | 1,709 | 135 | 12.7:1 | 11% (195) |
| 1990-91 | 1,227 | 112 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Orange High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (2,095 to 2,106); teachers down 2% (192.3 to 187.7).
About West Orange High School
West Orange High School is a large high school in WEST ORANGE, New Jersey, one of the schools in West Orange Public Schools. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,106 students. That is 127% above the average of about 929 students for high schools in New Jersey.
District-wide, West Orange Public Schools has 13 schools and 6,616 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at West Orange High School is Black, with 38% of students. The remaining shares are 37% Hispanic, 15% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Essex County overall, the Black share is about 36%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, West Orange High School scores 69%.
West Orange High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1, with 187.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1. The school has 44% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Essex County is 54%.
Among New Jersey public high schools, West Orange High School outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 42.1% at West Orange High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.0%.
Looking at the county, Essex County, the median household earns about $80,789 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Essex County has 249 public schools with about 145,473 students, including West Orange High School.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Kelly Elementary School, is the closest to West Orange High School. West Orange High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. West Orange High School comes in 6th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
West Orange High School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 2,183 (2020-21) to 2,106 (2024-25).
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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 West Orange Public Schools
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 559 students
- Gregory Elementary SchoolElementary · 484 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 477 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 457 students
- Kelly Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Redwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
Other schools in WEST ORANGE
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 559 students
- Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- West Orange Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 54 students
- Betty Maddalena Early Learning CenterElementary · 49 students
Other West Orange High schools
One other US public school is named West Orange High. West Orange High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- WEST ORANGE HIGHWINTER GARDEN, FL · 2,752 students
Nearby schools
- Kelly Elementary School0.1 mi · 451
- Redwood Elementary School0.6 mi · 446
- Mount Pleasant Elementary School1.4 mi · 349
- Forest Avenue School1.5 mi · 230
- Liberty Middle School1.7 mi · 559
- Brookdale Avenue School1.8 mi · 134
Frequently asked questions
About West Orange High SchoolHow many students attend West Orange High School?
West Orange High School enrolls approximately 2,106 students in grades 09-12.
Is West Orange High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
West Orange High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at West Orange High School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at West Orange High School.
What is the student diversity at West Orange High School?
Student demographics at West Orange High School are roughly 15% White, 37% Hispanic, 38% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is West Orange High School in?
West Orange High School is part of West Orange Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.