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

2007-2008 New Jersey

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 17,586
% of Charter School Students to All Public School Students 1.3%
Estimated Number of Students on Waiting Lists 11,105
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 1,561 8.9%
Black 11,399 64.8%
Hispanic 3,847 21.9%
Asian 440 2.5%
Other 339 1.9%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 11,478 65.3%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 6,108 34.7%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 8,968 51.0%
Suburbs 8,413 47.8%
Rural 205 1.2%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 10,998 62.5%
Middle Schools 1,356 7.7%
High Schools 1,871 10.6%
Middle/High Schools 1,725 9.8%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 1,636 9.3%
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 107 0.6%
Kindergarten 1,488 8.5%
First Grade 1,583 9.0%
Second Grade 1,521 8.6%
Third Grade 1,473 8.4%
Fourth Grade 1,415 8.0%
Fifth Grade 1,836 10.4%
Sixth Grade 1,799 10.2%
Seventh Grade 1,732 9.8%
Eighth Grade 1,547 8.8%
Ninth Grade 1,000 5.7%
Tenth Grade 763 4.3%
Eleventh Grade 643 3.7%
Twelfth Grade 476 2.7%
Students by Management Organization
CMO 1,475 8.4%
Freestanding 16,111 91.6%
 
Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 1,362,267
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 757,357 55.6%
Black 226,918 16.7%
Hispanic 263,732 19.4%
Asian 112,165 8.2%
Other 2,095 0.2%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 376,487 27.6%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 985,780 72.4%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 128,041 9.4%
Suburbs 1,070,204 78.6%
Town 23,980 1.8%
Rural 140,042 10.3%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 652,944 47.9%
Middle Schools 273,678 20.1%
High Schools 397,898 29.2%
Middle/High Schools 32,333 2.4%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 346
Ungraded 5,068
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 28,433 2.1%
Kindergarten 89,626 6.6%
First Grade 98,346 7.2%
Second Grade 96,958 7.1%
Third Grade 97,379 7.1%
Fourth Grade 96,763 7.1%
Fifth Grade 96,464 7.1%
Sixth Grade 97,212 7.1%
Seventh Grade 99,182 7.3%
Eighth Grade 99,210 7.3%
Ninth Grade 107,174 7.9%
Tenth Grade 103,498 7.6%
Eleventh Grade 99,305 7.3%
Twelfth Grade 96,266 7.1%
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