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An equity score of 43/100 ranks Marion P. Thomas Charter School #371 of 587 districts in New Jersey (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,318 per pupil, Marion P. Thomas Charter School ranks #249 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
Marion P. Thomas Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 1,437 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 $25,318 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper 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 73.9% local, 12.5% state, and 13.5% 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 43/100, ranked #371 of 587 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.
a 470:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 44.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.7% African American, 18.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% White across the district's schools.
Marion P. Thomas Charter School accounts for 98.1% of all Marion P. Thomas Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Marion P. Thomas Charter School a distant remainder — means Marion P. Thomas Charter School-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.
Marion P. Thomas Charter School student-counselor ratio is 470:1 — 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.
Marion P. Thomas Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 44.0% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to Marion P. Thomas 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 Marion P. Thomas Charter School?
Marion P. Thomas Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,437 students.
How much does Marion P. Thomas Charter School spend per student?
Marion P. Thomas Charter School spends $25,318 per student. The district has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #371 in New Jersey.
What is the demographic composition of Marion P. Thomas Charter School?
Marion P. Thomas Charter School students are 78.7% African American, 18.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% White, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Marion P. Thomas Charter School?
Marion P. Thomas Charter School has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #371 out of 587 districts in New Jersey.