📍 400 Central Ave, Orange, Essex County, 07050
Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Orange, Essex County. The school has 414 pupils enrolled. It is part of the ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District school district. It serves grades 8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.2:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation enrolls 414 students across grades 8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Black or African American, 46% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 219 | 53% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 190 | 46% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
329 of the school's 414 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 285 qualify for free lunch and 44 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation 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.
Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation 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 414 students, Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation 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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