📍 421 Heywood Ave, Orange, Essex County, 07050
Heywood Avenue Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Orange, Essex County. The school has 367 pupils enrolled. It is part of the ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–7 in a suburban setting. The school employs 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Heywood Avenue Elementary School enrolls 367 students across grades Pre-K–7. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% Black or African American, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 275 | 75% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 71 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 3.5% |
| White | 4 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
231 of the school's 367 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 181 qualify for free lunch and 50 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Heywood Avenue 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.
Heywood Avenue Elementary School is one of 12 schools in ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District, based in ORANGE, New Jersey. The district serves 5,967 students district-wide and employs 468 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 367 students, Heywood Avenue Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 497 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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