Orange Board of Education is a comprehensive community public school district that is headquartered in the city of Orange, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, and serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. 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. The district was considered high performing as per the New Jersey Department of Education having achieved 80% and above on all indicators within the NJQSAC evaluation in June 2020. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of 12 schools, had an enrollment of 5,629 students and 507.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1. 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. History In 1948 the district had a racially integrated school system with an open enrollment school system in which families could choose which schools their children could attend. In 1948 one predominately African-American school had five teachers deemed "colored". Schools Schools in the district (with 2020–21) enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: Preschool Orange Early Childhood Center (188; in PreK) John Robert Lewis Early Childhood Center (NA; Pre-K) Dr. Cayce Cummins, Principal Elementary Schools Central Elementary School (319; K-2) Denise White, Principal Cleveland Street School (303; K-7) Robert Pettit, Principal Forest Street Community School (410; PreK-7) Dr. Yancisca Loften-Cooke, Principal Heywood Avenue School (355; PreK-7) Dion Patterson, Principal Lincoln Avenue School (708; K-7) Frank Iannucci, Principal Oakwood Avenue Community School (425; PreK-7) Dana Gaines, Principal Park Avenue School (569; K-7) Dr.Myron Hackett, Principal Rosa Parks Central Community School (999; Grades 3–7) formerly Main Street School and Central School) Dr. Debra Joseph-Charles, Principal Scholars Academy (NA) Karen Machuca, Principal Middle School (Secondary) Orange Preparatory Academy (679; 8–9, formerly Orange Middle School) Carrie Halstead, Principal High Schools (Secondary) Orange High