Contact Organizations
Carlos Perez
CEO
 New Jersey Charter Schools Association
349 W. State Street
Trenton,NJ 08618
609-989-9700

Heather Ngoma
Director
 New Jersey Charter Schools Resource Center
80 Cottontail Lane
Somerset,NJ 08873
(732) 564-0081

Students Overview

2006-2007 New Jersey

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 15,820
% of Charter School Students to All Public School Students 1.1%
Estimated Number of Students on Waiting Lists 10,582
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 1,474 9.3%
Black 10,444 66.0%
Hispanic 3,450 21.8%
Asian 394 2.5%
Other 56 0.4%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 10,312 65.2%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 5,508 34.8%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 7,626 48.2%
Suburbs 7,993 50.5%
Rural 200 1.3%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 10,012 63.3%
Middle Schools 1,637 10.3%
High Schools 1,782 11.3%
Middle/High Schools 1,364 8.6%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 1,025 6.5%
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 19 0.1%
Kindergarten 1,374 8.7%
First Grade 1,382 8.7%
Second Grade 1,398 8.8%
Third Grade 1,314 8.3%
Fourth Grade 1,192 7.5%
Fifth Grade 1,665 10.5%
Sixth Grade 1,711 10.8%
Seventh Grade 1,620 10.2%
Eighth Grade 1,393 8.8%
Ninth Grade 748 4.7%
Tenth Grade 652 4.1%
Eleventh Grade 564 3.6%
Twelfth Grade 512 3.2%
 
Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 1,371,304
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 771,504 56.3%
Black 231,723 16.9%
Hispanic 257,242 18.8%
Asian 108,518 7.9%
Other 2,316 0.2%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 368,615 26.9%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 1,002,689 73.1%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 127,664 9.3%
Suburbs 1,078,400 78.6%
Town 25,147 1.8%
Rural 140,093 10.2%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 660,248 48.1%
Middle Schools 274,481 20.0%
High Schools 397,617 29.0%
Middle/High Schools 31,695 2.3%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 648
Ungraded 6,614
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 27,717 2.0%
Kindergarten 91,416 6.7%
First Grade 99,138 7.2%
Second Grade 97,769 7.1%
Third Grade 97,584 7.1%
Fourth Grade 96,912 7.1%
Fifth Grade 96,821 7.1%
Sixth Grade 98,300 7.2%
Seventh Grade 99,538 7.3%
Eighth Grade 101,152 7.4%
Ninth Grade 107,824 7.9%
Tenth Grade 104,508 7.6%
Eleventh Grade 99,160 7.2%
Twelfth Grade 94,173 6.9%
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