NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Colonia, NJ

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6 public K-12 schools in Colonia from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
3,162
Students
61.2/100
Avg Resource Index
11.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Colonia has more public-school enrollment than 31% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Colonia High School enrolls 42.8% of Colonia's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Colonia's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

One district, but meaningful resource variation

Colonia's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 99th percentile among listed cities. Shared governance removes one source of policy variation, but it does not erase campus differences by grade span or enrollment. The 9-point gap between Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School and Oak Ridge Heights Elementary School measures the remaining local spread. Use the district-level picture for common budget context, then compare the school components to see whether staffing, counseling, gifted-program reporting, or attendance accounts for each campus's position.

City enrollment
Top 69%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
99th percentile
Teacher staffing
93rd percentile

Colonia High School accounts for 42.8% of all Colonia public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Colonia-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Colonia school enrollment varies 4.8× across entities

Colonia school enrollment ranges from 282 students (lowest) to 1,354 students (highest), a spread of 1,072 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Colonia operates one school district — a single-district system

Colonia's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Colonia student-teacher ratio is 11.3:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School 66
2. Colonia Middle School 64
3. Lynn Crest Elementary School 61
4. Colonia High School 60
5. Claremont Avenue Elementary School 59
6. Oak Ridge Heights Elementary School 57

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Colonia

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Colonia High School 72.3/100
  2. 2 Claremont Avenue Elementary School 70.7/100
  3. 3 Colonia Middle School 69.4/100
  4. 4 Lynn Crest Elementary School 68.7/100
  5. 5 Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School 68.5/100

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Which Colonia school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Colonia schools in this federal-data comparison at 66/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Colonia, NJ? ▼

Colonia has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,162 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.