An equity score of 52/100 ranks Great Oaks Legacy Charter School #281 of 586 districts in New Jersey (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $26,962 per pupil, Great Oaks Legacy Charter School ranks #214 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
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 2,012 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 Essex County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,962 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 68.7% local, 11.6% state, and 19.7% 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 52/100, ranked #281 of 586 in New Jersey against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 542.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.1% African American, 14.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% White across the district's schools.
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Great Oaks Legacy Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Great Oaks Legacy Charter School a distant remainder — means Great Oaks Legacy Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School reports 67.8% 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.
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School student-counselor ratio is 542:1 — 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.
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 25.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Great Oaks Legacy Charter School is typically wider than the Great Oaks Legacy Charter School-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Great Oaks Legacy 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 Great Oaks Legacy Charter School?
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 2,012 students.
How much does Great Oaks Legacy Charter School spend per student?
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School spends $26,962 per student. The district has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #281 in New Jersey.
What is the demographic composition of Great Oaks Legacy Charter School?
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School students are 85.1% African American, 14.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% White, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Great Oaks Legacy Charter School?
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #281 out of 586 districts in New Jersey.