New Jersey
Public School Ratings

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 2018 – 2019 school year.
Expenditures: 2017
Educational Environment: 2018 (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	1,405,983
Number Of New Jersey Schools	2,573
Number Of New Jersey School Districts	702
Spending Per Student	$22,119

State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Reading/English Language Arts Tests

Reading/English Language Arts Tests	Reading Proficiency
3rd Grade	49.523731165446
4th Grade	56.6852188836354
5th Grade	56.7704868168496
6th Grade	54.7570121287404
7th Grade	61.3654445949351
8th Grade	60.982225672747
9th Grade	51.4289427440595
10th Grade	54.1907564451056

Math Test

Math Tests	Math Proficiency
3rd Grade	54.5303964149536
4th Grade	50.3801324627978
5th Grade	45.7563910713332
6th Grade	39.2596867799392
7th Grade	40.7856794916215
8th Grade	27.8182423322291
9th Grade	49.320917100529
10th Grade	30.1544168313589

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups	This State	Nation
White (non-hispanic)	43.9%	49.7%
Black	15.7%	15.9%
Hispanic	29.6%	27.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander	10.4%	5.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska	0.3%	1.5%

Special Needs Groups	This State	Nation
Economically Disadvantaged	36.5%	47.6%
English Language Learners	5.9%	9.7%
Students With Disabilities	17.1%	14.3%

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

Class Size
AVG FOR STATE	12.10
AVG FOR NATION	16.03

New Jersey Education Environment

Population	State	Nation
Population	8,908,520	327,167,434
Population Density (per sq. mile)	1,207	91

Population distribution by age	STATE	NATION
4 Years Old And Below	5.9%	6.1%
5-19 Years Old	18.8%	19.3%
20-44 Years Old	32.0%	33.3%
45-64 Years Old	27.9%	26.0%
65 Or Older	15.5%	15.2%

HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS	STATE	NATION
Number Of Households	3,213,362	117,952,415
Single Parent Households With Children	9.9%	10.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma	89.5%	87.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree	38.9%	31.5%

HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION	STATE	NATION
$150,000 or more	22.6%	13.4%
$100,000 - $149,999	17.5%	14.7%
$75,000 - $99,999	12.1%	12.5%
$50,000 - $74,999	14.9%	17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999	13.3%	17.2%
$15,000 - $29,999	11.0%	13.9%
$15,000 or less	8.5%	10.9%

Education Expenditures

For The State	Per Student	Total	% Of Total
Instructional Expenditures	$11,015	$15,487,324,159	49.8%
Support Expenditures
Student	$2,061	$2,897,747,403	9.3%
Staff	$593	$834,099,359	2.7%
General Administration	$397	$558,620,417	1.8%
School Administration	$997	$1,401,340,416	4.5%
Operation	$1,911	$2,686,765,332	8.6%
Transportation	$754	$1,059,620,211	3.4%
Other	$490	$688,604,947	2.2%
Total Support	$7,203	$10,126,757,956	32.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures	$3,901	$5,484,201,846	17.6%
Total Expenditures	$22,119	$31,098,296,526	100.0%

For The Nation	Per Student	Total	% Of Total
Instructional Expenditures	$6,838	$346,122,956,267	50.6%
Support Expenditures
Student	$679	$34,352,975,349	5.0%
Staff	$546	$27,656,793,506	4.0%
General Administration	$224	$11,359,077,651	1.7%
School Administration	$657	$33,237,901,128	4.9%
Operation	$1,054	$53,333,273,914	7.8%
Transportation	$473	$23,948,272,674	3.5%
Other	$420	$21,254,923,139	3.1%
Total Support	$4,053	$205,142,872,671	30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures	$2,612	$132,190,575,207	19.3%
Total Expenditures	$13,503	$683,455,649,655	100.0%