Langston Hughes Elementary School

Regular School · EAST ORANGE, NJ

Langston Hughes Elementary School is a regular school school in EAST ORANGE, New Jersey, serving grades PK–05 with 554 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 15.4:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

PK – 05

Enrollment

554

Teachers (FTE)

36.0

Student–Teacher Ratio

15.4:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
Black or African American	474	86%
Hispanic/Latino	64	12%
White	7	1%
Two or more races	5	1%
American Indian / Alaska Native	2	0%
Asian	1	0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	1	0%
Total enrollment	554	273M / 281F

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	5.0% -20.6pp	25.6%	226
Reading Proficiency	19.0% -27.8pp	46.8%	227
Science Proficiency	10-14%	—	76

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)

-0.20 grade levels

Math

-0.15 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

Program offered

11 students enrolled

Out-of-School Suspensions

Chronically Absent

188

33.9% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	554	100%

Contact & Location

160 Rhode Island Avenue

EAST ORANGE, NJ 07018

Phone: (973)266-5870

http://nj02207379.schoolwires.net/Domain/774

District

East Orange School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $39,842

District enrollment: 8,653

Other Schools in District

Althea Gibson Academy Elementary
Benjamin Banneker Academy Elementary
Cicely L. Tyson Community Elementary School Elementary
Dionne Warwick Institute Elementary
Ecole Toussaint Louverture Elementary
Edward T. Bowser Sr. School of Excellence Elementary
Gordon Parks Academy Elementary
J. Garfield Jackson Sr. Academy Elementary

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 07018) → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey population & income data → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

340423002048

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD