Schools
The schools in the district (with 2010-11 school enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
- Elementary Schools (grades K–5)
- Gregory Elementary School – 562 students
- Michele Thompson, Principal
- Hazel Avenue Elementary School – 357 students
- Edwin Acevado, Principal
- Mount Pleasant Elementary School – 402 students
- Michael Schiavo, Principal
- Pleasantdale Elementary School (includes pre-Kindergarten) – 437 students
- Joanne Pollara, Principal
- Redwood Elementary School – 548 students
- Barbara Kivlon, Principal
- St. Cloud Elementary School – 395 students
- Eric Price, Principal
- Washington Elementary School – 396 students
- Marie DeMaio, Principal
- Middle Schools (grades 6–8)
- Thomas A. Edison Central Sixth Middle School – 466 students in sixth grade
- Xavier Fitzgerald, Principal
- Liberty Middle School in grades 7-8 – 555 students
- Robert J. Klemt, Principal
- Roosevelt Middle School – 452 students in grades 7-8
- Lionel O. Hush, Principal
- High School
- West Orange High School – 2,143 students
- Hayden Moore, Principal
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