At $26,822 per pupil, Estell Manor School District ranks #224 of 648 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending (New Jersey districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
180
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$26,822
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Estell Manor School District operates 1 public schools serving 180 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 Atlantic County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,822 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 44.0% local, 46.7% state, and 9.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 199:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 32.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.5% White, 8.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 4% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (177 to 184 students), while the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $6,156,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 46% went to instruction, 30.3% to support services, and 0.1% 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.
Estell Manor Elementary School accounts for 100.0% of all Estell Manor School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Estell Manor School District a distant remainder — means Estell Manor School District-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.
Estell Manor School District student-counselor ratio is 199:1 — 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.
Estell Manor School District chronic absenteeism rate is 32.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
How many schools are in Estell Manor School District?
Estell Manor School District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 180 students.
How much does Estell Manor School District spend per student?
Estell Manor School District spends $26,822 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Estell Manor School District?
Estell Manor School District students are 90.5% White, 8.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.