page_title: West Orange Public Schools
section_title: Schools
hierarchical_section_title: West Orange Public Schools / Schools
caption_attribution_description: English: Lookiing northeast at Washington School on a sunny midday.
context_page_description: The West Orange Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in West Orange in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
  As of the 2015-16 school year, the district's 12 schools had an enrollment of 6,867 students and 626.5 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
  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.
context_section_description: Schools in the district (with 2015-16 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
  Early education
  Betty Maddalena Early Learning Center (PreK)
  Elementary schools
  Gregory Elementary School (521 students; in grades K-5)
  Makeida Estupinan, Principal
  Hazel Avenue Elementary School (366; K-5)
  William Kochis, Principal
  Kelly Elementary School (420; PreK-5). The school was renamed in May 2016 in honor of Mark and Scott Kelly, identical twins who attended what was then Pleasantdale School starting in second grade before becoming NASA astronauts.
  Joanne Pollara, Principal
  Mount Pleasant Elementary School (380; K-5)
  Julie DiGiacomo, Principal
  Redwood Elementary School (546; K-5)
  Tim Beaumont, Principal
  Ana Marti, Assistant Principal
  St. Cloud Elementary School (388; K-5)
  Eric Price, Principal
  Washington Elementary School (434; K-5)
  Marie DeMaio, Principal
  Middle schools
  Thomas A. Edison Middle School (517; 6)
  Xavier M. Fitzgerald, Principal
  Steven Melendez, Assistant Principal
  Liberty Middle School (497; 7&8)
  Robert Klemt, Principal
  Dwayne McNeil, Assistant Principal
  Roosevelt Middle School (585; 7&8)
  Lionel O. Hush, Principal
  Marc J. Lawrence, Assistant Principal
  High School
  West Orange High School (2,084) for grades 9-12
  Hayden Moore, Principal
  Lesley Chung, Assistant Principal
  Louis Della Pia, Assistant Principal
  Kimberly Juirdano-Mancarella, Assistant Principal
  Annette Towson, Assistant Principal
caption: Washington Elementary School
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