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Newark, New Jersey - 1 schools
At $24,532 per pupil, Newark Educators Community Charter School ranks #301 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
Newark Educators Community Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 169 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 $24,532 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 64.2% local, 17.8% state, and 17.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 71:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 86.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.1% African American, 28.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Newark Educators Community Charter School accounts for 84.0% of all Newark Educators Community Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Newark Educators Community Charter School a distant remainder — means Newark Educators Community 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.
Newark Educators Community Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 61.5% 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 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.
Newark Educators Community Charter School student-counselor ratio is 71:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Newark Educators Community Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 86.6% — 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 Newark Educators 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 Newark Educators Community Charter School?
Newark Educators Community Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 169 students.
How much does Newark Educators Community Charter School spend per student?
Newark Educators Community Charter School spends $24,532 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Newark Educators Community Charter School?
Newark Educators Community Charter School students are 71.1% African American, 28.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.