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Salem, New Jersey - 1 schools
At $41,227 per pupil, Mannington Township School District ranks #11 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
Mannington Township School District operates 1 public schools serving 172 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 Salem County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $41,227 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 74.1% local, 18.9% state, and 7.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 6.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.9% White, 14.1% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% African American across the district's schools.
Mannington Township Elementary School accounts for 98.8% of all Mannington Township School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mannington Township School District a distant remainder — means Mannington 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.
Mannington Township School District chronic absenteeism rate is 6.5% — 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 Mannington 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 Mannington Township School District?
Mannington Township School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 172 students.
How much does Mannington Township School District spend per student?
Mannington Township School District spends $41,227 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Mannington Township School District?
Mannington Township School District students are 75.9% White, 14.1% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% African American, 1.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.