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Great Meadows, New Jersey - 2 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Great Meadows Regional School District #521 of 587 districts in New Jersey (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,919 per pupil, Great Meadows Regional School District ranks #480 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
Great Meadows Regional School District operates 2 public schools serving 646 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Jersey. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 $21,919 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 67.1% local, 29.2% state, and 3.7% 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 26/100, ranked #521 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 419.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 10.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.2% White, 16.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% African American across the district's schools.
Great Meadows Regional Middle School accounts for 50.8% of all Great Meadows Regional School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Great Meadows Regional School District a distant remainder — means Great Meadows Regional School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Great Meadows Regional School District student-counselor ratio is 420:1 — 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.
Great Meadows Regional School District chronic absenteeism rate is 10.5% — 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 Great Meadows Regional 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 Great Meadows Regional School District?
Great Meadows Regional School District has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 646 students.
How much does Great Meadows Regional School District spend per student?
Great Meadows Regional School District spends $21,919 per student. The district has an equity score of 26/100, ranking #521 in New Jersey.
What is the demographic composition of Great Meadows Regional School District?
Great Meadows Regional School District students are 75.2% White, 16.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% African American, 2.1% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Great Meadows Regional School District?
Great Meadows Regional School District has an equity score of 26/100, ranking #521 out of 587 districts in New Jersey.