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West Orange Town School District

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West Orange Town School District is located in northeast New Jersey. West Orange Town School District has 12.05 square miles of land area and 0.13 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total West Orange Town School District population is 46,703. West Orange Town School District median household income is $90,031 in 2010-2014. West Orange Town School District median house value is $357,000 in 2010-2014. On average, West Orange Town School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (212 out of 285, bottom 26%) Elementary/Middle School: (348 out of 515, bottom 32%)* Rank: #417
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	11
Population	46,703 (2010-2014), rank #50
Population Growth	8.13% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	3,837.29/sq mi, rank #134
Median Household Income:	$90,031 at 2010-2014—1.02% increase since 2005-2009, rank #198
Median House Price:	$357,000 at 2010-2014—-14.78% increase since 2005-2009, rank #229
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	12.05 sq mi, rank #215
Water Area:	0.13 sq mi (1.03%), rank #350
State:	New Jersey
County:	Essex County
City:	West Orange
Zip:	07052, 07050
Area:	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

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West Orange Town School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

179 Eagle Rock Ave

West Orange NJ, 07052, Essex County

Phone: 973-669-5400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	6,869	6,836	6,792	6,807	6,689	6,462	6,360
English Language Learner Students:	285	289	249	295	325	319	NA
Total Teachers:	609.92	590.81	573.60	567.00	593.00	598.00	600.50
Prekindergarten:	8.60	10.00	7.00	7.00	12.00	12.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	17.00	16.00	18.00	15.00	17.00	19.00	20.00
Elementary:	244.70	237.79	222.00	258.50	247.00	195.10	153.50
Secondary:	232.12	218.52	225.60	250.00	288.00	334.90	320.20
Ungraded:	107.50	108.50	101.00	36.50	29.00	37.00	105.80
Total Other Staff:	614.60	579.81	525.50	490.50	521.00	302.60	455.90
Instructional Aides:	216.20	205.00	192.50	166.00	187.00	170.20	372.40
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	16.50	16.50	14.50	19.50	21.00	15.50	19.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	23.00	25.00	21.00	22.00	21.00	2.00	12.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	12.00	12.00	11.00	NA	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	9.00	10.00	10.00	NA	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	23.00	25.00	NA	NA	NA	2.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	13.00	13.00	12.00	12.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
Library/Media Support:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	3.00	3.97	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	36.40	31.40	24.50	25.00	24.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	23.50	22.00	20.50	19.50	19.00	36.50	3.00
School Administrative Support:	38.80	36.40	36.50	37.00	38.00	0.00	NA
Student Support Services:	68.70	62.19	66.00	62.00	62.00	62.40	33.00
Other Support Services:	175.50	164.35	135.00	124.50	133.00	0.00	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.26	11.57	11.84	12.01	11.28	10.81	10.59

Schools

Edison Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 6	75 William St, West Orange NJ 07052
Gregory Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	301 Gregory Ave, West Orange NJ 07052
Hazel Avenue Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	45 Hazel Ave, West Orange NJ 07052
Liberty Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	1 Kelly Dr, West Orange NJ 07052
Mount Pleasant Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	9 Manger Rd, West Orange NJ 07052
Pleasantdale Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	555 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange NJ 07052
Redwood Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	75 Redwood Ave, West Orange NJ 07052
Roosevelt Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	36 Gilbert Place, West Orange NJ 07052
St. Cloud Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	71 Sheridan Ave, West Orange NJ 07052
Washington Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	289 Main St, West Orange NJ 07052
West Orange High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	51 Conforti Ave, West Orange NJ 07052

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ASK Test
2004	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	81.6%	79.4%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	85.6%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	84.5%	82.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	87.9%	83.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	89.2%	86.1%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	70.0%	62.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	69.0%	59.8%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	70.3%	63.0%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	77.3%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	75.3%	66.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	75.4%	76.6%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	83.7%	82.5%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	85.7%	86.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	89.0%	87.3%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	85.5%	86.8%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	74.0%	75.4%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	77.5%	78.3%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	83.9%	78.9%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	84.5%	78.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	84.0%	77.7%
2003	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	82.6%	77.6%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	89.5%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	86.7%	81.6%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	84.9%	80.0%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	86.9%	80.6%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	84.7%	82.7%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	64.8%	63.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	59.5%	59.7%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	64.8%	62.7%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	70.3%	58.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	70.4%	59.4%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	67.3%	68.0%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	74.9%	72.1%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	77.6%	80.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	82.2%	82.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	84.1%	84.7%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	84.7%	84.9%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	67.9%	73.1%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	78.0%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	82.1%	79.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	87.3%	77.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	87.0%	78.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	78.2%	81.1%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	80.8%	82.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	85.1%	83.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	87.3%	85.1%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	92.6%	91.1%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	92.8%	93.5%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	92.3%	90.0%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	93.4%	91.3%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	94.7%	89.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	92.6%	88.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	65.1%	60.0%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	75.1%	66.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	69.6%	63.3%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	64.1%	60.9%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	70.4%	62.1%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	69.9%	61.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	87.5%	84.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	79.6%	76.6%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	79.6%	77.6%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	81.9%	79.0%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	84.3%	80.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	89.8%	83.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	88.7%	79.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	82.1%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	59.4%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	69.7%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	69.6%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	68.0%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	67.9%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	78.3%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	65.0%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	59.1%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	65.3%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	66.8%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	80.0%	78.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	85.3%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	73.2%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	74.8%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	68.4%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	66.6%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	61.5%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	65.5%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	64.3%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	64.3%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	50.2%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	51.5%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	61.2%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	49.4%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	56.8%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	85.5%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	84.1%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	84.7%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	80.3%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	86.4%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	84.0%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	61.1%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	69.1%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	57.8%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	59.6%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	66.4%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	59.3%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	80.1%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	78.4%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	77.7%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	74.5%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	80.4%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	77.1%	79.0%
GEPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	77.1%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	71.3%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	70.5%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	76.4%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	74.0%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	56.8%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	60.3%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	58.3%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	58.5%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	69.0%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	73.8%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	66.1%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	72.0%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	74.7%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	76.8%	78.9%
HSPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	83.6%	80.1%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	86.7%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	85.6%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	83.6%	83.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	86.0%	85.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	82.1%	83.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	85.8%	84.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	87.1%	88.0%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	86.9%	89.6%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	89.8%	91.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	92.0%	91.6%
2003	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	64.1%	65.9%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	67.6%	70.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	72.3%	75.5%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	70.2%	75.9%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	62.5%	73.4%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	66.9%	75.4%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	69.5%	73.7%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	70.9%	75.0%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	71.3%	75.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	75.9%	79.3%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	75.2%	79.7%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% proficient	62.4%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$146,283,000	$21,538		$143,439,000	$21,072		$143,716,000	$21,485
Federal:	$5,259,000	$774	3.6%	$5,861,000	$861	4.1%	$6,033,000	$902	4.2%
State:	$17,665,000	$2,601	12.1%	$14,539,000	$2,136	10.1%	$19,282,000	$2,883	13.4%
Local:	$123,359,000	$18,162	84.3%	$123,039,000	$18,075	85.8%	$118,401,000	$17,701	82.4%
Total Expenditures:	$141,427,000	$20,823		$140,747,000	$20,677		$140,883,000	$21,062
Total Current Expenditures:	$128,293,000	$18,889		$127,974,000	$18,800		$125,292,000	$18,731
Instructional Expenditures:	$79,723,000	$11,738	62.1%	$79,066,000	$11,615	61.8%	$76,304,000	$11,407	60.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$14,050,000	$2,069	11.0%	$13,778,000	$2,024	10.8%	$14,140,000	$2,114	11.3%
Administration:	$11,276,000	$1,660	8.8%	$11,625,000	$1,708	9.1%	$11,534,000	$1,724	9.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$23,244,000	$3,422	18.1%	$23,505,000	$3,453	18.4%	$23,314,000	$3,485	18.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,347,000	$346		$2,352,000	$346		$3,164,000	$473
Construction:	$8,000	$1		$185,000	$27		$238,000	$36
Total Other:	$425,000	$63		$468,000	$69		$661,000	$99
Interest on Debt:	$2,935,000	$432		$3,446,000	$506		$4,292,000	$642

Total Salary:	$80,927,000	$11,915		$81,334,000	$11,949		$78,738,000	$11,771
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$56,027,000	$8,249	69.2%	$56,310,000	$8,272	69.2%	$53,537,000	$8,004	68.0%
Other Salary:	$24,900,000	$3,666	30.8%	$25,024,000	$3,676	30.8%	$25,201,000	$3,768	32.0%
Total Benefit:	$29,878,000	$4,399		$29,094,000	$4,274		$29,221,000	$4,369
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$19,165,000	$2,822	64.1%	$18,457,000	$2,711	63.4%	$18,465,000	$2,761	63.2%
Other Benefit:	$10,713,000	$1,577	35.9%	$10,637,000	$1,563	36.6%	$10,756,000	$1,608	36.8%

* West Orange Town School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.