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Top Ten Best School Systems In NJ

New Jersey Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by: Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:

Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).

Date(s) & Update Frequency:

Test data: Reflects 2015 – 2016 school year.
Expenditures: 2015
Educational Environment: 2015 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology: Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more

Overview

Public Schools Overview	New Jersey School Districts by City
Number Of Students	1,399,833
Number Of New Jersey Schools	2,586
Number Of New Jersey School Districts	679
Spending Per Student	$20,083

State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Reading/English Language Arts Tests

Reading/English Language Arts Tests	Reading Proficiency
3rd Grade	43.5795242725873
4th Grade	50.5748244371791
5th Grade	50.3436943613147
6th Grade	47.3933805407931
7th Grade	50.181820974817
8th Grade	50.2370942045525
9th Grade	37.1682910967995
10th Grade	33.6098882877331
11th Grade	38.1201429025207

Math Test

Math Tests	Math Proficiency
3rd Grade	45.1054300376226
4th Grade	40.2148008199731
5th Grade	40.1331466043589
6th Grade	39.5831742393272
7th Grade	35.8374624926684
8th Grade	21.9450255688169
10th Grade	42.167037712872
11th Grade	21.8635894546564

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups	This State	Nation
White (non-hispanic)	47.9%	52.0%
Black	16.4%	16.2%
Hispanic	26.1%	25.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander	9.5%	5.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska	0.1%	1.0%

Special Needs Groups	This State	Nation
Economically Disadvantaged	35.7%	50.9%
English Language Learners	4.8%	9.1%
Students With Disabilities	15.9%	13.0%

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

Class Size
AVG FOR STATE	12.17
AVG FOR NATION	16.15

New Jersey Education Environment

Population	State	Nation
Population	8,958,013	321,418,820
Population Density (per sq. mile)	1,214	90

Population distribution by age	STATE	NATION
4 Years Old And Below	6.0%	6.3%
5-19 Years Old	19.3%	19.8%
20-44 Years Old	32.5%	33.5%
45-64 Years Old	27.9%	26.3%
65 Or Older	14.4%	14.1%

HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS	STATE	NATION
Number Of Households	3,189,486	115,879,889
Single Parent Households With Children	10.4%	11.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma	88.6%	86.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree	36.8%	29.7%

HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION	STATE	NATION
$150,000 or more	18.7%	10.5%
$100,000 - $149,000	17.2%	13.2%
$75,000 - $99,999	12.5%	12.1%
$50,000 - $74,999	15.8%	17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999	14.5%	18.5%
$15,000 - $29,999	12.0%	15.5%
$15,000 or less	9.3%	12.4%

Education Expenditures

For The State	Per Student	Total	% Of Total
Instructional Expenditures	$10,077	$14,106,790,054	50.2%
Support Expenditures
Student	$1,835	$2,568,964,694	9.1%
Staff	$551	$771,687,884	2.7%
General Administration	$390	$545,394,661	1.9%
School Administration	$883	$1,235,650,841	4.4%
Operation	$1,874	$2,623,408,040	9.3%
Transportation	$711	$995,607,882	3.5%
Other	$440	$615,718,470	2.2%
Total Support	$6,684	$9,356,361,788	33.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures	$3,321	$4,649,519,921	16.5%
Total Expenditures	$20,083	$28,112,743,157	100.0%

For The Nation	Per Student	Total	% Of Total
Instructional Expenditures	$6,487	$324,898,990,964	51.7%
Support Expenditures
Student	$587	$29,383,130,681	4.7%
Staff	$483	$24,167,878,083	3.8%
General Administration	$205	$10,285,419,511	1.6%
School Administration	$601	$30,113,641,000	4.8%
Operation	$1,035	$51,821,442,969	8.2%
Transportation	$475	$23,793,258,876	3.8%
Other	$376	$18,849,723,887	3.0%
Total Support	$3,762	$188,414,761,533	30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures	$2,296	$114,973,102,384	18.3%
Total Expenditures	$12,545	$628,286,465,973	100.0%