East Orange School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from the city of East Orange, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke 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. 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 FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5:1. In 2003, Patrick Healy Middle School was identified as one of seven "persistently dangerous" public schools in New Jersey. The designation has since been removed. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. Schools Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: Early childhood education centers Althea Gibson Early Childhood Academy (159 students; in grades PreK and K) Crystal Davis, Principal Wahlstrom Early Childhood Center (156; PreK-K) Annie Jackson, Principal Elementary schools Benjamin Banneker Academy (511; PreK-5) Sharon Vincent, Principal Edward T. Bowser, Sr. School of Excellence (609; PreK-5) Brian Heaphy, Principal George Washington Carver Institute of Science and Technology (325; PreK-5) Dr. Sharon Alsbrook Davis, Principal Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Academy (193; K-5) Dr. Tabina H. Adam, Principal Mildred Barry Garvin School (356; PreK-5) Dr. Howard Walker, Principal Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative & Performing Arts (369; PreK-8) Henry Hamilton, Principal Langston Hughes Elementary School (589; PreK-5) Thelma Ramsey, Principal J. Garfield Jackson Sr. Academy (256; K-5) Yvy Joseph, Principal Ecole Touissant Louverture (297; PreK-5) Ralph Jacob, Jr., Principal Gordon Parks Academy School of Radio, Animation, Film and Television (285; PreK-5) Leslie Shults, Principal Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School (504; PreK-5) Passion Moss-Hasan, Principal Dionne Warwick Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship (462; PreK-5) Flore Nadeige Lovett, Principal Middle schools Future Ready