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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)