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Newark, New Jersey - 1 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks New Horizons Community Charter School #429 of 587 districts in New Jersey (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,080 per pupil, New Horizons Community Charter School ranks #461 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
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 $22,080 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 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 37/100, ranked #429 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.
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 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.
New Horizons Community Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 86.1% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
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 $22,080 per student. The district has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #429 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 37/100, ranking #429 out of 587 districts in New Jersey.