📍 215 Dodd St, East Orange, Essex County, 07017
Whitney E. Houston Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in East Orange, Essex County. The school has 324 pupils enrolled. It is part of the East Orange School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Whitney E. Houston Academy enrolls 324 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Black or African American, 15% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 270 | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 48 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
188 of the school's 324 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 173 qualify for free lunch and 15 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.
Whitney E. Houston Academy 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.
Whitney E. Houston Academy 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 324 students, Whitney E. Houston Academy is smaller 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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