South Orange-Maplewood School District

Public school district · Essex County · New Jersey · NCES district ID 3415330

South Orange-Maplewood School District spent $24,186 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 56% of the other New Jersey districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $24,665). Its 10 schools enrolled 6,728 students in 2024-25; 24.0% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $24,203 per student, up 0.1% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 91% (New Jersey: 90.5%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among New Jersey districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to South Orange-Maplewood in enrollment (6,407 to 7,199 students) and South Orange-Maplewood itself.

Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to South Orange-Maplewood, FY23Camden City $37,096; Atlantic City $31,825; West Orange Public Schools $30,537; Lenape Regional High $28,617; Parsippany-Troy Hills Township $26,730; Washington Township $24,673; South Orange-Maplewood $24,186; Monroe Township $23,431; Sayreville $21,025; Gloucester Township $20,685; State median, 1,000+ students $24,665.15k20k25k30k35k40kCamden City$37,096Atlantic City$31,825West Orange Public Schools$30,537Lenape Regional High$28,617Parsippany-Troy Hills Township$26,730Washington Township$24,673South Orange-Maplewood$24,186Monroe Township$23,431Sayreville$21,025Gloucester Township$20,685State median, 1,000+ students $24,665
Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to South Orange-Maplewood, FY23Camden City $37,096; Atlantic City $31,825; West Orange Public Schools $30,537; Lenape Regional High $28,617; Parsippany-Troy Hills Township $26,730; Washington Township $24,673; South Orange-Maplewood $24,186; Monroe Township $23,431; Sayreville $21,025; Gloucester Township $20,685; State median, 1,000+ students $24,665.15k20k25k30k35k40kCamden City$37,096Atlantic City$31,825West Orange Public Schools$30,537Lenape Regional High$28,617Parsippany-Troy Hills Township$26,730Washington Township$24,673South Orange-Maplewood$24,186Monroe Township$23,431Sayreville$21,025Gloucester Township$20,685State median, 1,000+ students $24,665
Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to South Orange-Maplewood, FY23Camden City $37,096; Atlantic City $31,825; West Orange Public Schools $30,537; Lenape Regional High $28,617; Parsippany-Troy Hills Township $26,730; Washington Township $24,673; South Orange-Maplewood $24,186; Monroe Township $23,431; Sayreville $21,025; Gloucester Township $20,685; State median, 1,000+ students $24,665.15k25k35k40kCamden City$37,096Atlantic City$31,825West Orange Public Schools$30,537Lenape Regional High$28,617Parsippany-Troy Hills Township$26,730Washington Township$24,673South Orange-Maplewood$24,186Monroe Township$23,431Sayreville$21,025Gloucester Township$20,685State median, 1,000+ students $24,665
Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to South Orange-Maplewood, FY23Camden City $37,096; Atlantic City $31,825; West Orange Public Schools $30,537; Lenape Regional High $28,617; Parsippany-Troy Hills Township $26,730; Washington Township $24,673; South Orange-Maplewood $24,186; Monroe Township $23,431; Sayreville $21,025; Gloucester Township $20,685; State median, 1,000+ students $24,665.15k25k35k40kCamden City$37,096Atlantic City$31,825West Orange Public Schools$30,537Lenape Regional High$28,617Parsippany-Troy Hills Township$26,730Washington Township$24,673South Orange-Maplewood$24,186Monroe Township$23,431Sayreville$21,025Gloucester Township$20,685State median, 1,000+ students $24,665

Where the money came from

$203,547,000 in revenue: 24.0% state, 71.1% local and 4.9% federal. Total spending including $39,572,000 of capital outlay was $232,056,000, or $34,071 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

South Orange-Maplewood School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $48,853,000; Local $144,704,000; Federal $9,990,000; total $203,547,000.
  • State$48,853,000 24%
  • Local$144,704,000 71%
  • Federal$9,990,000 5%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 329 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

6,562 students in 2022-23, 6,673 students in 2023-24, 6,728 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

South Orange-Maplewood School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 6,562, 2023-24: 6,673, 2024-25: 6,72802k4k6k8k2022-236,5622023-246,6732024-256,728
South Orange-Maplewood School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 6,562, 2023-24: 6,673, 2024-25: 6,72802k4k6k8k2022-236,5622023-246,6732024-256,728
South Orange-Maplewood School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 6,562, 2023-24: 6,673, 2024-25: 6,72802k4k6k8k2022-236,5622023-246,6732024-256,728
South Orange-Maplewood School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 6,562, 2023-24: 6,673, 2024-25: 6,72802k4k6k8k2022-236,5622023-246,6732024-256,728

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-236,562595.311.0
2023-246,673596.311.2
2024-256,728586.611.5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$50,648,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $7,436 per student

South Orange-Maplewood School District booked $50,648,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 597 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $84,792 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 77 in 100 New Jersey districts with a figure (state median $77,508, 569 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average New Jersey teacher salary at $79,045 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$38,211,00075.4%
Special education$10,393,00020.5%
Other programs$2,044,0004.0%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $6,183 in 2018-19, $6,274 in 2019-20, $6,885 in 2020-21, $7,291 in 2021-22, $7,436 in 2022-23.

South Orange-Maplewood School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,183, 2019-20: $6,274, 2020-21: $6,885, 2021-22: $7,291, 2022-23: $7,43602k4k6k8k2018-19$6,1832019-20$6,2742020-21$6,8852021-22$7,2912022-23$7,436
South Orange-Maplewood School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,183, 2019-20: $6,274, 2020-21: $6,885, 2021-22: $7,291, 2022-23: $7,43602k4k6k8k2018-19$6,1832019-20$6,2742020-21$6,8852021-22$7,2912022-23$7,436
South Orange-Maplewood School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,183, 2019-20: $6,274, 2020-21: $6,885, 2021-22: $7,291, 2022-23: $7,43602k4k6k8k2018-19$6,1832019-20$6,2742020-21$6,8852021-22$7,2912022-23$7,436
South Orange-Maplewood School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,183, 2019-20: $6,274, 2020-21: $6,885, 2021-22: $7,291, 2022-23: $7,43602k4k6k8k2018-19$6,1832019-20$6,2742020-21$6,8852021-22$7,2912022-23$7,436

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in South Orange-Maplewood School District scored proficient or above: 65% in reading and 47% in math, against 48.6% in reading and 35.5% in math across New Jersey. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within New Jersey, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtNew JerseyStudents tested
Reading and language arts65%48.6%
Math47%35.5%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

91% of the 493 students in South Orange-Maplewood School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 90.5% across New Jersey. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtNew Jersey
Four-year graduation rate91%90.5%
Students in the class493106,157

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

6 elementary schools, 3,131 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
South Mountain Elementary School61311.55.2%Not Title I
Clinton Elementary School5429.920.5%Not Title I
Tuscan Elementary School53111.56.6%Not Title I
Delia Bolden Elementary School51812.77.5%Not Title I
Marshall Elementary School50412.97.9%Not Title I
Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School4239.219.9%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

2 middle schools, 1,514 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Maplewood Middle School7629.517.2%Targeted program
South Orange Middle School7529.810.5%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 1,985 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Columbia High School1,98514.216.0%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 other school, 98 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Montrose Early Childhood Center989.814.3%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact South Orange-Maplewood School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about South Orange-Maplewood School District

  1. New Jersey districts by spending per studentSouth Orange-Maplewood School District ranks 186 of 329 New Jersey districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($24,186).#186 of 329
  2. Every school district in New JerseySouth Orange-Maplewood School District is the number 43 by size of 672 New Jersey districts, with 6,811 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#43 of 672
  3. West Orange Public SchoolsThe next larger New Jersey district: 6,835 students in fall 2022, $30,537 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$30,537
  4. Gloucester Township School DistrictThe next smaller New Jersey district: 6,663 students in fall 2022, $20,685 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$20,685
  5. Compare South Orange-Maplewood School District with West Orange Public SchoolsEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Columbia High School, its largest high school1,985 students in 2024-25, 14.2 per teacher.1,985
  7. Teacher salary spending across New JerseySouth Orange-Maplewood School District spent $84,792 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $77,508); spending, not a salary.$84,792
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about South Orange-Maplewood School District

  1. How many schools and students are in South Orange-Maplewood School District?
    10 schools were open in 2024-25 (6 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high, 1 other), enrolling 6,728 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does South Orange-Maplewood School District spend per student?
    $24,186 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the New Jersey median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $24,665 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $24,203 per student, up 0.1% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does South Orange-Maplewood School District's money come from?
    $203,547,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 24.0% state, 71.1% local and 4.9% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in South Orange-Maplewood School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 306 of the 8,186 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 3.7%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does South Orange-Maplewood School District spend on teacher salaries?
    $50,648,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $7,436 per student. Divided by the 597 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $84,792 per teacher, more than 77 in 100 New Jersey districts (state median $77,508). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average New Jersey teacher salary at $79,045 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in South Orange-Maplewood School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in South Orange-Maplewood School District scored proficient or above: 65% in reading and 47% in math, against 48.6% in reading and 35.5% in math across New Jersey. New Jersey's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in South Orange-Maplewood School District?
    91% of the 493 students in South Orange-Maplewood School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 90.5% across New Jersey. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is South Orange-Maplewood School District's NCES district ID?
    3415330. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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