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Newton, New Jersey - 1 schools
At $23,364 per pupil, Frelinghuysen Township School District ranks #371 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
Frelinghuysen Township School District operates 1 public schools serving 131 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 Warren County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,364 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half 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 68.2% local, 26.0% state, and 5.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 5.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.5% White, 8.3% Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% African American across the district's schools.
Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School accounts for 92.4% of all Frelinghuysen Township School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Frelinghuysen Township School District a distant remainder — means Frelinghuysen 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.
Frelinghuysen Township School District chronic absenteeism rate is 5.8% — 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 Frelinghuysen 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 Frelinghuysen Township School District?
Frelinghuysen Township School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 131 students.
How much does Frelinghuysen Township School District spend per student?
Frelinghuysen Township School District spends $23,364 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Frelinghuysen Township School District?
Frelinghuysen Township School District students are 83.5% White, 8.3% Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% African American, 1.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.