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Point Pleasant, New Jersey - 4 schools
An equity score of 27/100 ranks Point Pleasant Borough School District #508 of 587 districts in New Jersey (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,904 per pupil, Point Pleasant Borough School District ranks #591 of 649 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending (New Jersey districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,726
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$19,904
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Point Pleasant Borough School District operates 4 public schools serving 2,726 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Jersey. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Ocean County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,904 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 65 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 68.2% local, 27.3% state, and 4.5% 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 #508 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (19 AP courses district-wide), a 391.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.5% White, 9.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Point Pleasant Borough High School, with a diversity index of 25.2/100.
Point Pleasant Borough High School accounts for 30.5% of all Point Pleasant Borough School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Point Pleasant Borough School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Point Pleasant Borough School District student-counselor ratio is 392:1 — 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.
Point Pleasant Borough School District chronic absenteeism rate is 12.0% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Point Pleasant Borough 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 Point Pleasant Borough School District?
Point Pleasant Borough School District has 4 schools, including 1 high, 2 combined, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 2,726 students.
How much does Point Pleasant Borough School District spend per student?
Point Pleasant Borough School District spends $19,904 per student. The district has an equity score of 27/100, ranking #508 in New Jersey.
What is the demographic composition of Point Pleasant Borough School District?
Point Pleasant Borough School District students are 88.5% White, 9.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian, 0.3% African American, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Point Pleasant Borough School District?
Point Pleasant Borough School District has an equity score of 27/100, ranking #508 out of 587 districts in New Jersey.