East Orange Campus High School

East Orange Campus High School is a comprehensive community public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in the city of East Orange, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, on the former campus of Upsala College. The school is part of the East Orange School District, classified as an Abbott District.[4] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.[3]

East Orange Campus High School
Location
East Orange Campus High School
East Orange Campus High School
East Orange Campus High School
344 Prospect Street
East Orange, NJ 07017

United States
Coordinates40.776064°N 74.208146°W / 40.776064; -74.208146
Information
TypePublic high school
Motto"Rising to a Standard of Excellence"
Established2002
School districtEast Orange School District
NCES School ID3404230[1]
PrincipalDr. Ron Estrict
Faculty123.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,499 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.2:1[1]
Color(s)     Royal Blue
     Red and
     Silver[2]
Athletics conferenceSuper Essex Conference
Team nameJaguars[2]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
WebsiteSchool website

As of the 2017-18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,499 students and 123.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1. There were 807 students (53.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 44 (2.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1] The enrollment was 90.4% African American, 8.8% Hispanic, 0.6% White and 0.3% Asian / Pacific Islander.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 337th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[5] The school had been ranked 318th in the state of 328 schools in 2012 , after being ranked 292nd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[6] The magazine ranked the school 263rd in 2008 out of 316 schools.[7] The school was ranked 286th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[8]

History

East Orange Campus High School was opened in 2002, resulting from the merging of the former Clifford Scott High School and East Orange High School. The school is located in the largest building of the refurbished campus of Upsala College and has been expanded to accommodate increased demand for enrollment. As a result of the merger, students now have access to new and much improved educational facilities. The former Clifford Scott High School facility was home to East Orange Campus Nine High School, the home for all 9th grade high school students in East Orange. Announced in November 2010, East Orange Campus Nine was updated to become East Orange STEM Academy, which will serve students from 9-12th graders.[9]

Athletics

The East Orange Campus High School Jaguars[2] compete in the Super Essex Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[10] With 1,887 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,118 to 4,800 students in that grade range.[11] Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, the school had participated in the Iron Hills Conference, an athletic conference made up of high schools located in Essex County, Morris County and Union County.[12]

The girls' basketball team won the Group IV state championship in 1980 vs. Atlantic City High School. The boys' basketball team won the Group IV title in 1940 vs. West New York Memorial High School, in 1969 vs. Perth Amboy High School and in 1974 vs. Neptune High School, in Group III in 1972 vs. Lakewood High School, in 1973 vs. Northern Burlington County Regional High School and in 1976 vs. Woodrow Wilson High School.[13]

The track team was co-winner of the 1975 Group III indoor relay state championship. The girls track team was Group III co-winner in 1989.[14]

The girls' basketball team won the 2003 North II, Group IV state sectional championship with a 74-55 win over Barringer High School.[15]

In 2007, the football team won the North I, Group IV state sectional championship with a 31-13 win over Montclair High School, in a game played at Giants Stadium. The win was the team's first sectional title since the playoff era began in 1974.[16][17][18]

Administration

The principal is Ronnie Estrict.[19]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of East Orange Central High School (including graduates of East Orange High School and Clifford Scott High School, whose histories have been claimed by East Orange Central) are:

  • A look at the school from the back entrance.
  • This is the actual entrance behind the school. An entrance to the Garden State Parkway is not far from there.
  • One of the many parking lots around the school.
  • A different view of the bell tower and main courtyard.
  • Another view of the main entrance.
  • Electronic announcement board at East Orange Campus High.
  • The tower, which is the main architectural feature and the most recognizable landmark of the school.
  • The main entrance to East Orange High School.

References
  1. School data for East Orange Campus High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  2. East Orange Campus High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 8, 2015.
  3. Orange Campus High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 19, 2019.
  4. Abbott School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 15, 2016.
  5. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  6. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 1, 2012.
  7. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed June 17, 2011.
  8. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  9. East Orange STEM Academy High School, East Orange School District. Accessed August 11, 2017.
  10. League & Conference Affiliations 2016-2017 Archived 2012-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  11. General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  12. Home Page, Iron Hills Conference, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 2, 2011. Accessed November 25, 2014.
  13. NJSIAA Group Basketball Past Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 8, 2015.
  14. History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 8, 2015.
  15. 2003 Girls Basketball - North II, Group IV, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 9, 2007.
  16. Kinney, Mike. "Pendleton rallies East Orange past Montclair", The Star-Ledger, December 3, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007. "And so he did, completing six of eight passes for 112 yards and a touchdown in the second half to rally East Orange Campus, No. 12 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, to a 31-13 victory over No. 19 Montclair for the NJSIAA/Gatorade North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 title yesterday at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford. It was the school's first crown since the playoff format began in 1974."
  17. 2007 Football - North I, Group IV, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 3, 2007.
  18. Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 19, 2015.
  19. Our Schools, East Orange School District. Accessed July 20, 2019.
  20. Braziler, Zach. "NJ player goes from unknown quantity to Eagles starter", New York Post, September 23, 2017. Accessed November 6, 2017. "A year ago at this time, Rasul Douglas was an unknown college football player.... A baseball and basketball player growing up in poverty-stricken East Orange, N.J., he played just two years of varsity football at East Orange Campus High School, and because of academic problems, went to Nassau Community College on Long Island."
  21. Nash, Margo. "Jersey Footlights", The New York Times, March 16, 2003. Accessed December 19, 2007. "Yet when Janis Ian went to East Orange High School, she was kicked out of the chorus. 'They said my voice wasn't good enough, she said. It's a good thing I didn't listen.'"
  22. McCall, Tris. "Naughty By Nature celebrates 20th anniversary with new release", The Star-Ledger, December 11, 2011. Accessed August 13, 2012. "The song's chorus became a catchphrase that persists to this day, and Treach, Vin Rock and DJ Kay Gee found themselves in an unexpected position. The kids from East Orange High School had become genuine MTV stars."
  23. Fifth Year Record, Class of 1906: Princeton University – Oliver deGray Vanderbilt Jr. 3. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University. 1911. p. 201.
  24. Warwick, Dionne. "We All Walked Together: East Orange native Dionne Warwick reminisces about growing up in New Jersey, and how the music of the streets that surrounded her helped propel her to super-stardom.", New Jersey Monthly, November 15, 2010. Accessed June 17, 2011. "That was at Oval Park in East Orange, which is still there. I was nothing special as an athlete, then or later, at East Orange High School."
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