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Milltown, New Jersey - 2 schools
An equity score of 27/100 ranks Milltown School District #513 of 587 districts in New Jersey (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,219 per pupil, Milltown School District ranks #571 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
Milltown School District operates 2 public schools serving 833 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Jersey. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Middlesex County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,219 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 70.6% local, 24.2% state, and 5.2% 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 27/100, ranked #513 of 587 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.
a 372.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 8.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.9% White, 23.7% Hispanic or Latino, 4.6% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Joyce Kilmer School, enrolling 444 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Joyce Kilmer School accounts for 53.3% of all Milltown School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Milltown School District a distant remainder — means Milltown School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Milltown School District student-counselor ratio is 372:1 — 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.
Milltown School District chronic absenteeism rate is 8.2% — 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.
Milltown School District has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 833 students.
How much does Milltown School District spend per student?
Milltown School District spends $20,219 per student. The district has an equity score of 27/100, ranking #513 in New Jersey.
What is the demographic composition of Milltown School District?
Milltown School District students are 63.9% White, 23.7% Hispanic or Latino, 4.6% Asian, 3.5% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Milltown School District?
Milltown School District has an equity score of 27/100, ranking #513 out of 587 districts in New Jersey.