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Merchantville, New Jersey - 1 schools
An equity score of 45/100 ranks Merchantville School District #349 of 587 districts in New Jersey (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,722 per pupil, Merchantville School District ranks #552 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
Merchantville School District operates 1 public schools serving 380 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 Camden County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,722 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower 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 45.6% local, 46.5% state, and 7.9% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 45/100, ranked #349 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 394:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 8.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.9% White, 30.2% Hispanic or Latino, 12.2% African American across the district's schools.
Merchantville Elementary School accounts for 100.0% of all Merchantville School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Merchantville School District a distant remainder — means Merchantville 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.
Merchantville School District student-counselor ratio is 394:1 — 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.
Merchantville School District chronic absenteeism rate is 8.9% — 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 Merchantville 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 Merchantville School District?
Merchantville School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 380 students.
How much does Merchantville School District spend per student?
Merchantville School District spends $20,722 per student. The district has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #349 in New Jersey.
What is the demographic composition of Merchantville School District?
Merchantville School District students are 45.9% White, 30.2% Hispanic or Latino, 12.2% African American, 4.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Merchantville School District?
Merchantville School District has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #349 out of 587 districts in New Jersey.