Benjamin Banneker Academy (East Orange School District SCH DIST.), New Jersey - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Benjamin Banneker Academy is a Elementary in EAST ORANGE, NJ. It currently serves 487 students (grades PK-08). The school is part of the East Orange School District School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

You can see similar information for other schools in East Orange School District School District and all schools in New Jersey.

Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Elementary
Number of Students:487
Number of Teachers: 35
Student/Teacher Ratio: 13.91

Location Info

Location: 500 South Clinton Street, EAST ORANGE, NJ 07018
Mailing Address: 500 South Clinton Street, EAST ORANGE, NJ 07018
Phone: (973)266-4320
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 48
Grade 2 52
Grade 3 56
Grade 4 65
Grade 5 67
Grade 6 53
Grade 7 42
Grade 8 25
Kindergarten 51
Pre-Kindergarten 28
Gender/Sex of Benjamin Banneker Academy Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 239 49.08
Female 248 50.92
Race/Ethnicity Demography of Benjamin Banneker Academy Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 0.21
Black or African American 437 89.73
Hispanic/Latino 40 8.21
Two or more races 4 0.82
White 5 1.03
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 0.42
Black or African American 216 90.38
Hispanic/Latino 19 7.95
Two or more races 2 0.84
White 1 0.42
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 221 89.11
Hispanic/Latino 21 8.47
Two or more races 2 0.81
White 4 1.61

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 45 93.75
Hispanic/Latino 2 4.17
White 1 2.08
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 46 88.46
Hispanic/Latino 6 11.54
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 48 85.71
Hispanic/Latino 7 12.50
Two or more races 1 1.79
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 1.54
Black or African American 58 89.23
Hispanic/Latino 4 6.15
Two or more races 1 1.54
White 1 1.54
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 62 92.54
Hispanic/Latino 4 5.97
White 1 1.49
Grade 6 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 46 86.79
Hispanic/Latino 6 11.32
Two or more races 1 1.89
Grade 7 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 42 100.00
Grade 8 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 24 96.00
Hispanic/Latino 1 4.00
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 44 86.28
Hispanic/Latino 6 11.77
Two or more races 1 1.96
Pre-Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 22 78.57
Hispanic/Latino 4 14.29
White 2 7.14