West Orange, New Jersey

West Orange is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 44,943. West Orange shares a border with the South Mountain Reservation.

Education

West Orange has a total of 10 pubic schools. 7 elementary schools, two (soon three) middle schools and a high school. West Orange has a very good and highly credited school district, ranked among the top 1% of schools in the nation by the Washington Post. The current Superintendent of Schools is Mr. Jerry Tarnoff.

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Elementary Schools

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• Gregory
• Hazel Avenue
• Mount Pleasant
• Pleasantdale
• Redwood
• St. Cloud
• Washington

Middle Schools

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• Edison Middle School
• Liberty (Currently under construction)
• Roosevelt Middle School

High School

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• West Orange High School (Conforti Avenue)

Former Public Schools and Board of Education Buildings in West Orange

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• 1 Municipal Plaza (Board of Education headquarters) - Torn down converted into parking lot for adjacent Township Hall.
• Abraham Lincoln Junior High School - Converted and became part of the new West Orange High School.
• Eagle Rock Elementary School - Converted into new Board of Education headquarters.
• Fairmount Elementary School - Sold and became Solomon Schechter Lower Campus Day School (Jewish).
• Gaston Street Elementary School - Torn down and is now the John P. Renna, Jr. Senior Citizens Housing Complex.
• Mountain High School - Became the new West Orange High School
• West Orange High School (Northfield Avenue) - Sold and became Seton Hall Preparatory School (Catholic)