An equity score of 48/100 ranks New Horizons Community Charter School #320 of 586 districts in New Jersey (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $27,029 per pupil, New Horizons Community Charter School ranks #210 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
New Horizons Community Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 381 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 $27,029 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper 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 75.0% local, 14.9% state, and 10.1% 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 48/100, ranked #320 of 586 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.
and 46.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.6% African American, 27.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools.
New Horizons Community Charter School accounts for 97.1% of all New Horizons Community Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of New Horizons Community Charter School a distant remainder — means New Horizons Community 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.
New Horizons Community Charter School reports 86.1% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
New Horizons Community Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 46.8% — 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 New Horizons Community 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 New Horizons Community Charter School?
New Horizons Community Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 381 students.
How much does New Horizons Community Charter School spend per student?
New Horizons Community Charter School spends $27,029 per student. The district has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #320 in New Jersey.
What is the demographic composition of New Horizons Community Charter School?
New Horizons Community Charter School students are 71.6% African American, 27.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for New Horizons Community Charter School?
New Horizons Community Charter School has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #320 out of 586 districts in New Jersey.