Editing East Orange, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[East Orange School District]] serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://tb2cdn.schoolwebmasters.com/accnt_308167/site_308168/East-Orange-Bylaws-0000-May-2019-East-Orange.pdf#page=9 East Orange Board of Education Bylaws 0110 - Identification], [[East Orange School District]]. Accessed March 29, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the East Orange School District. Composition: The East Orange School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the city of East Orange in the County of Essex."</ref> The district is one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in ''Abbott v. Burke''<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the ''Abbott v. Burke'' case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."</ref> which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]].<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref>

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of 20 schools, had an enrollment of 10,072 students and 744.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 13.5:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404230&DistrictID=3404230 District information for East Orange School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404230 School Data for the East Orange School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref>) are
Althea Gibson Early Childhood Academy<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/640 Althea Gibson Early Childhood Academy], East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (159 students; in grades Pre-K and K), 
Wahlstrom Early Childhood Center<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/1211 Wahlstrom Early Childhood Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805201155/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/1211 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (156; Pre-K–K), 
Benjamin Banneker Academy<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/514 Benjamin Banneker Academy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805191406/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/514 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (511; Pre-K–5), 
Edward T. Bowser, Sr. School of Excellence<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/14 Edward T. Bowser, Sr. School of Excellence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805193752/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/14 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (609; Pre-K–5), 
George Washington Carver Institute of Science and Technology<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/138 George Washington Carver Institute of Science and Technology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304232504/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/138 |date=March 4, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (325; Pre-K–5), 
Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Academy<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/190 Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Academy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805192950/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/190 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (193; K–5), 
Mildred Barry Garvin School<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/138 Mildred Barry Garvin School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304232504/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/138 |date=March 4, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (356; Pre-K–5), 
Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative & Performing Arts<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/729 Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative & Performing Arts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805200955/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/729 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (369; Pre-K–8), 
Langston Hughes Elementary School<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/774 Langston Hughes Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810051802/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/774 |date=August 10, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (589; Pre-K–5), 
J. Garfield Jackson Sr. Academy<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/814 J. Garfield Jackson Sr. Academy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922023417/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/814 |date=September 22, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (256; K–5), 
Ecole Touissant Louverture<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/865 Ecole Touissant Louverture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805193058/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/865 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (297; Pre-K–5), 
Gordon Parks Academy School of Radio, Animation, Film and Television<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/903 Gordon Parks Academy School of Radio, Animation, Film and Television] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810045649/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/903 |date=August 10, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (285; Pre-K–5), 
Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/986 Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805193329/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/986 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (504; Pre-K–5), 
Dionne Warwick Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/1234 Dionne Warwick Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805191010/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/1234 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (462; Pre-K–5), 
Future Ready Prep<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/domain/1637 Future Ready Prep] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922023514/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/domain/1637 |date=September 22, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (NA; 6–7), 
Patrick F. Healy Middle School<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/671 Patrick F. Healy Middle School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805201448/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/671 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (392; 7), 
John L. Costley Middle School<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/228 John L. Costley Middle School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805200303/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/228 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (367; 8), Sojourner Truth Middle School<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/938 Sojourner Truth Middle School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805200625/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/938 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (406; 6), 
[[Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts]]<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/1023 Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805193407/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/1023 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (740; 6–12), 
[[East Orange Campus High School]]<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/367 East Orange Campus High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922023807/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/367 |date=September 22, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> located on the former campus of [[Upsala College]] (1,651; 9–12), 
[[East Orange STEM Academy]]<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/281 East Orange STEM Academy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805202339/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/281 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (358; 9–12) and 
Fresh Start Academy Middle / High – Glenwood Campus<ref>[https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/450 Fresh Start Academy Middle / High - Glenwood Campus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922023537/https://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/450 |date=September 22, 2020 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref> (NA; 6–12).<ref>[https://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/Our-Schools Meet the East Orange Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512225723/https://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/Our-Schools |date=May 12, 2021 }}, East Orange School District. Accessed May 8, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1210 New Jersey School Directory for the East Orange School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

East Orange Community Charter School is a public [[charter school]] that operates independently of the school district under a charter granted by the [[New Jersey Department of Education]].<ref>[http://www.theeoccs.org/about/profile.jsp School Profile], East Orange Community Charter School. Accessed March 8, 2012.</ref>

[[Ahlus Sunnah School]] is a K–12 [[madrasah]] that has been in East Orange since 2005.<ref>[http://www.ahlusunnahschool.org/about.php About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205101621/http://www.ahlusunnahschool.org/about.php |date=February 5, 2017 }}, Ahlus Sunnah School. Accessed February 4, 2017.</ref>

The [[East Orange Public Library]] at one time included three branch buildings of the original [[List of Carnegie libraries in New Jersey|36 Carnegie-funded libraries in New Jersey]]; the original building opened in 1903 with costs covered by a gift of $50,000 (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|0.050|1903|fmt=c|r=1}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}) from [[Andrew Carnegie]].<ref>[https://www.eopl.org/about-us/ About Us], East Orange Public Library. April 10, 2024. "At the first meeting of that Board, a letter from Andrew Carnegie was read offering $50,000.00 for the construction of a library building if the City would provide a site and maintenance of not less than $5,000.00 a year for the library. The land, at the corner of Munn Avenue and Freeway Drive East (then Main Street), was purchased at a cost of $22,182.00, and the building was designed by Kent, Jardine, and Kent in an unusual fan-shape to make maximum use of the corner lot. The new building was opened on January 22, 1903, with 9,000 volumes ready for borrowing."</ref> It has a collection of 344,000 volumes and circulates about 319,000 items annually<ref>[http://librarytechnology.org/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=2014110499792480&code=lwc&RC=10481&Row=1 East Orange Public Library], librarytechnology.org. Accessed November 4, 2014.</ref> from four locations.