An equity score of 40/100 ranks Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School #405 of 586 districts in New Jersey (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,640 per pupil, Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School ranks #495 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
Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 569 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Jersey. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 $22,640 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower 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 73.9% local, 17.4% state, and 8.8% 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 40/100, ranked #405 of 586 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.
and 8.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.2% Hispanic or Latino, 3.7% African American, 1.2% White across the district's schools.
Maria Varisco Rogers Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School a distant remainder — means Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School reports 70.5% 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.
Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 8.6% — 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 Maria L. Varisco-Rogers 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 Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School?
Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 569 students.
How much does Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School spend per student?
Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School spends $22,640 per student. The district has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #405 in New Jersey.
What is the demographic composition of Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School?
Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School students are 94.2% Hispanic or Latino, 3.7% African American, 1.2% White, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School?
Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #405 out of 586 districts in New Jersey.