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Newark, New Jersey - 1 schools
At $31,867 per pupil, Lead Charter School ranks #54 of 649 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending (New Jersey districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$31,867
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Lead Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 196 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Jersey. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 $31,867 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 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 81.7% local, 6.3% state, and 12.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 111:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 41.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.5% African American, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 5.4% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lead Charter School, enrolling 333 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Lead Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Lead Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lead Charter School a distant remainder — means Lead Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Lead Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 66.3% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Lead Charter School student-counselor ratio is 111:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Lead Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 41.4% — 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.
Lead Charter School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 196 students.
How much does Lead Charter School spend per student?
Lead Charter School spends $31,867 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Lead Charter School?
Lead Charter School students are 85.5% African American, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 5.4% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.