At $36,207 per pupil, Califon Borough School District ranks #33 of 648 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending (New Jersey districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Califon Borough School District operates 1 public schools serving 87 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Jersey. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Hunterdon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $36,207 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 65 of 648 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending. See how New Jersey compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 73.7% local, 23.6% state, and 2.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 470:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 8.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.5% White, 14.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Califon Public School, enrolling 94 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Califon Public School accounts for 100.0% of all Califon Borough School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Califon Borough School District a distant remainder — means Califon Borough School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Califon Borough School District student-counselor ratio is 470:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Califon Borough School District chronic absenteeism rate is 8.5% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Califon Borough School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Califon Borough School District?
Califon Borough School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 87 students.
How much does Califon Borough School District spend per student?
Califon Borough School District spends $36,207 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Califon Borough School District?
Califon Borough School District students are 75.5% White, 14.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American, 2.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.