At $27,236 per pupil, Downe Township School District ranks #198 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
Downe Township School District operates 1 public schools serving 157 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 Cumberland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $27,236 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half 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 31.3% local, 57.1% state, and 11.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 840:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.4% White, 16.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% African American across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 14.4% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (153 to 175 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 0.7 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $5,162,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 48.1% went to instruction, 32.9% to support services, and 2% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Downe Township Elementary School accounts for 100.0% of all Downe Township School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Downe Township School District a distant remainder — means Downe Township 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.
Downe Township School District student-counselor ratio is 840:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Downe Township School District chronic absenteeism rate is 16.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Downe Township School District is typically wider than the Downe Township School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Downe 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 Downe Township School District?
Downe Township School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 157 students.
How much does Downe Township School District spend per student?
Downe Township School District spends $27,236 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Downe Township School District?
Downe Township School District students are 77.4% White, 16.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.