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Blackwood, New Jersey - 11 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Gloucester Township Public Schools #406 of 587 districts in New Jersey (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,915 per pupil, Gloucester Township Public Schools ranks #590 of 649 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending (New Jersey districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,663
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$19,915
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gloucester Township Public Schools operates 11 public schools serving 6,663 students, placing it among the smaller districts in New Jersey. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 3 middle, 3 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Camden County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,915 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 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 36.8% local, 57.2% state, and 6.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 39/100, ranked #406 of 587 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 441.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 43.4% White, 25.7% African American, 18.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Blackwood Elementary School, with a diversity index of 75.5/100.
Gloucester Township Public Schools school enrollment varies 4.2× across entities
Gloucester Township Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 222 students (lowest) to 937 students (highest), a spread of 715 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Gloucester Township Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 442:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Gloucester Township Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 14.3% — 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 Gloucester Township Public Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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