At $22,908 per pupil, Ridge and Valley Charter School ranks #482 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
Ridge and Valley Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 130 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 Warren County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,908 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower 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 78.9% local, 19.1% state, and 2.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 22.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.1% White, 13.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 3.8% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (130 to 135 students), while the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,166,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 62.1% went to instruction, 32% to support services, and 5.9% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Ridge and Valley Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Ridge and Valley Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ridge and Valley Charter School a distant remainder — means Ridge and Valley 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.
Ridge and Valley Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 22.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Ridge and Valley Charter School is typically wider than the Ridge and Valley Charter School-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Ridge and Valley 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 Ridge and Valley Charter School?
Ridge and Valley Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 130 students.
How much does Ridge and Valley Charter School spend per student?
Ridge and Valley Charter School spends $22,908 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Ridge and Valley Charter School?
Ridge and Valley Charter School students are 73.1% White, 13.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American, 1.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.