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Orange High School

400 Lincoln Ave, Orange, NJ, 07050-2208 -

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Definition of Terms

Orange High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Essex County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1095 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

89 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 327 students

Grade 10 - 276 students

Grade 11 - 247 students

Grade 12 - 206 students

Grade Not Listed - 39 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:12

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	7%
% Hispanic	9%	15%
% Black	90%	17%
% White	n/a	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

47%

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

City Of Orange Township School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	10	5
Number of Students Managed	4,617 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$97,152,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$97,069,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$21,042	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$21,024	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	72%	81%

Report: Home-invasion suspects sought (Orlando Sentinel)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 07:44:22 pm
2 schools were locked down, but have since been reopened A lock down of Lake Whitney Elementary School was lifted shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday, three hours after a shooting in Winter Garden put schools in west Orange County on a high security alert, according to school and police officials.
2 Home Invasion Suspects Caught, More On Run (WESH 2 Orlando)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 07:00:43 pm
Two men have been detained and police are searching for two more on Tuesday after a woman was shot and a man was injured in a Winter Garden home.
Woman Shot At Home In Money Dispute (Local 6 Orlando)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 06:38:21 pm
Police search for suspects possibly armed with assault rifles after a woman was shot during a home invasion.
Woman Shot In Home Invasion, Suspects On The Loose (WFTV 9 Orlando)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 06:35:00 pm
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. -- Police and K-9 units are searching all over an upscale Winter Garden neighborhood Tuesday for three men who they say invaded a house and shot a woman in the stomach. Two men were arrested and three others are on the run.
Roxbury High School students attend career exploration event (Roxbury Register)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 03:50:34 pm
ROXBURY TWP. – Several Roxbury High School students were on hand when Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC) hosted 50 high school and college students with disabilities for a mentoring and hands-on career exploration event on national Disability Mentoring Day Wednesday, Oct. 21.

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Orange High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Orange in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Orange Board of Education.
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,168 students and 93 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.6.
The school was the 308th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 276th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
History
The current building housing Orange High School is the fourth site used for the school, in three different parts of the city. The first, dedicated on September 13, 1869, was located next to the First Church of Orange (Presbyterian). The second site was located at Main and Cleveland Streets. The third is now being used as Orange Middle School. The fourth, and current site, was dedicated on October 7, 1973, after opening to students on September 5 of that year.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:No One Important - Principal
Jason Belton - Assistant Principal
Dana Gaines - Assistant Principal
Olivert Agosta - Assistant Principal
Richard Hymson-Assistant Principal
Athletics
The Orange High School Tornadoes compete in the Northern Hills Conference, an athletic conference of private and public high schools located in Essex, Morris and Passaic County Counties in Northern New Jersey. Orange High School participates in the conference's Skyline Division. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
In 1994, the boys basketball team captured their first Tournament of Champions trophy by defeating Tim Thomas and heavily-favored Paterson Catholic High School, giving the Tornadoes a #1 ranking in NJ, and national rank of #11 in USA Today. The team was coached by fellow alum and former standout athlete Al Thompson.
The school colors are orange and black.
Notable alumni
Jay Alford (born 1983), defensive tackle for the New York Giants drafted in the 3rd Round of the 2007 NFL Draft (81st overall).
Cory Boyd (born 1985), former starting tailback for the University of South Carolina. , Drafted in the 7th round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League
Beatrice Hicks (1919-1979), founder of the Society of Women Engineers in 1950.
Terrell Willis, former standout running back at Rutgers, who played briefly in the NFL.
External links
School website
Orange Board of Education
Data for the Orange Board of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Orange Arts

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