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Cranbury, New Jersey - 1 schools
An equity score of 68/100 ranks Cranbury Township School District #108 of 587 districts in New Jersey (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $32,789 per pupil, Cranbury Township School District ranks #41 of 649 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending (New Jersey districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Cranbury Township School District operates 1 public schools serving 453 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 Middlesex County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $32,789 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 65 of 649 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending. See how New Jersey compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 81.0% local, 16.6% state, and 2.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 68/100, ranked #108 of 587 in New Jersey against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 210.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 8.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.1% White, 30.9% Asian, 10.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Cranbury School, enrolling 421 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Cranbury School accounts for 92.9% of all Cranbury Township School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cranbury Township School District a distant remainder — means Cranbury Township School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Cranbury Township School District student-counselor ratio is 211:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Cranbury Township School District chronic absenteeism rate is 8.8% — 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 Cranbury Township 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 Cranbury Township School District?
Cranbury Township School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 453 students.
How much does Cranbury Township School District spend per student?
Cranbury Township School District spends $32,789 per student. The district has an equity score of 68/100, ranking #108 in New Jersey.
What is the demographic composition of Cranbury Township School District?
Cranbury Township School District students are 50.1% White, 30.9% Asian, 10.0% Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Cranbury Township School District?
Cranbury Township School District has an equity score of 68/100, ranking #108 out of 587 districts in New Jersey.