The West Orange Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in Kindergarten through 12th grade in West Orange in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 6,807 students and 587.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.01:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third highest 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.
The district currently consists of seven elementary schools, three middle schools and one high school. In the 1990s, the district was ranked among the top 1% of schools in the nation by The Washington Post.
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