NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Lodi, NJ

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

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8
Schools
3,160
Students
55.8/100
Avg Resource Index
12.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lodi has more public-school enrollment than 31% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lodi lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Lodi's 8 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Lodi lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 78 to 906 students, a 12-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 69%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
96th percentile
Teacher staffing
88th percentile

Lodi High School accounts for 28.7% of all Lodi public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Lodi-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

Lodi school enrollment varies 12× across entities

Lodi school enrollment ranges from 78 students (lowest) to 906 students (highest), a spread of 828 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Lodi student-teacher ratio is 12.1:1 — 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. Lodi Ms Hs 67
2. Roosevelt School 61
3. Lodi High School 55
4. Hilltop School 55
5. Wilson School 53
6. Washington School 53
7. Columbus School 53
8. Thomas Jefferson Middle School 49

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Lodi

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 Lodi Ms Hs 66.2/100
  2. 2 Columbus School 58.2/100
  3. 3 Washington School 57.3/100
  4. 4 Hilltop School 56.7/100
  5. 5 Lodi High School 55.1/100

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Which Lodi school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lodi Ms Hs has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lodi schools in this federal-data comparison at 67/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lodi, NJ? ▼

Lodi has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,160 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.1:1.

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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.