Across 15 schools in East Orange School District, 27.2% of Black students meet proficient. That is 2.3 points above the New Jersey average for Black students.
Search New Jersey schools ›Average across the 15 schools in East Orange School District with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
Among the 15 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, J. Garfield Jackson Sr. Academy reports 55.4% of Black students meeting the standard. John L. Costley Middle School, in the same district, reports 8.2%. That is a 47.2-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.
Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Garfield Jackson Sr. Academy | 45% | 55.4% | 45% | — | — |
| East Orange Stem Academy High School Magnet | 49% | 47.4% | 0.6% | — | — |
| Cicely L. Tyson Community Middle/High School Magnet | 36.7% | 40.1% | 40.9% | — | — |
| Langston Hughes Elementary School | 35.3% | 36.5% | 0.2% | — | — |
| Shelia Y. Oliver Academy | 39.1% | 35.5% | 30.4% | — | — |
| Dionne Warwick Institute | 40.1% | 33.3% | 45% | — | — |
| Mildred Barry Garvin Elementary Magnet | 30.9% | 31.9% | 19.2% | — | — |
| Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School | 25.9% | 25.1% | 32% | — | — |
| Benjamin Banneker Academy | 26.1% | 24.1% | — | — | — |
| Edward T. Bowser, Sr. School Of Excellence | 16.5% | 22.4% | 14.7% | 4.2% | — |
| Whitney E. Houston Academy Magnet | 34% | 16.4% | 30% | — | — |
| Sojourner Truth Middle School | 11.3% | 11.6% | 10% | 15% | — |
| Ecole Toussaint Louverture | 29% | 10.6% | — | — | — |
| Patrick F. Healy Middle School | 9.8% | 10.1% | 7.9% | 0.1% | — |
| John L. Costley Middle School | 9% | 8.2% | 12.3% | 4.3% | — |
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