An equity score of 23/100 ranks Empowerment Academy Charter School #535 of 586 districts in New Jersey (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,021 per pupil, Empowerment Academy Charter School ranks #587 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
Empowerment Academy Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 1,002 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Jersey. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Hudson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,021 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 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 77.6% local, 11.8% state, and 10.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 23/100, ranked #535 of 586 in New Jersey against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 1272:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 39.5% African American, 23.6% Hispanic or Latino, 18.5% Asian across the district's schools.
Empowerment Academy Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Empowerment Academy Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Empowerment Academy Charter School a distant remainder — means Empowerment Academy Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Empowerment Academy Charter School reports 62.7% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Empowerment Academy Charter School student-counselor ratio is 1272:1 — 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.
Empowerment Academy Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 14.5% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Empowerment Academy Charter School'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 Empowerment Academy Charter School?
Empowerment Academy Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,002 students.
How much does Empowerment Academy Charter School spend per student?
Empowerment Academy Charter School spends $21,021 per student. The district has an equity score of 23/100, ranking #535 in New Jersey.
What is the demographic composition of Empowerment Academy Charter School?
Empowerment Academy Charter School students are 39.5% African American, 23.6% Hispanic or Latino, 18.5% Asian, 14.2% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Empowerment Academy Charter School?
Empowerment Academy Charter School has an equity score of 23/100, ranking #535 out of 586 districts in New Jersey.