📍 70 North Ridgewood Road, S Orange, Essex County, 07079
South Orange Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in S Orange, Essex County. The school has 770 pupils enrolled. It is part of the South Orange-Maplewood School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 81.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1. 68% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
South Orange Middle School enrolls 770 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 81.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 22% Black or African American and 8.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 435 | 57% |
| Black or African American | 166 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 64 | 8.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 58 | 7.6% |
| Asian | 44 | 5.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
92 of the school's 770 students (12%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 74 qualify for free lunch and 18 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.
South Orange Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 27.
South Orange Middle School is one of 11 schools in South Orange-Maplewood School District, based in Maplewood, New Jersey. The district serves 7,142 students district-wide and employs 597 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 770 students, South Orange Middle School is larger than the district average of about 649 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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