📍 45 North Arlington Street, East Orange, Essex County, 07017
Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in East Orange, Essex County. The school has 469 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 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School enrolls 469 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Black or African American, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 1.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 403 | 86% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 55 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.1% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
366 of the school's 469 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 328 qualify for free lunch and 38 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.
Cicely L. Tyson Community 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.
Cicely L. Tyson Community 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 469 students, Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School is close to 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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