📍 160 Rhode Island Avenue, East Orange, Essex County, 07018
Langston Hughes Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in East Orange, Essex County. The school has 551 pupils enrolled. It is part of the East Orange School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Langston Hughes Elementary School enrolls 551 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Black or African American, 9.4% Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 482 | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 52 | 9.4% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.5% |
| White | 6 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
369 of the school's 551 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 333 qualify for free lunch and 36 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Langston Hughes Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 34, state house district 34.
Langston Hughes Elementary School is one of 20 schools in East Orange School District, based in East Orange, New Jersey. The district serves 9,412 students district-wide and employs 646 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 551 students, Langston Hughes Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 471 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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