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

2008-2009 New Jersey

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 19,268
% of Charter School Students to All Public School Students 1.4%
Estimated Number of Students on Waiting Lists 12,771
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 1,678 8.7%
Black 12,534 65.1%
Hispanic 4,554 23.6%
Asian 482 2.5%
Other 20 0.1%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 13,276 68.9%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 5,992 31.1%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 9,718 50.4%
Suburbs 9,034 46.9%
Rural 517 2.7%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 11,911 61.8%
Middle Schools 1,636 8.5%
High Schools 1,488 7.7%
Middle/High Schools 2,384 12.4%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 1,848 9.6%
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 24 0.1%
Kindergarten 1,785 9.3%
First Grade 1,840 9.5%
Second Grade 1,639 8.5%
Third Grade 1,673 8.7%
Fourth Grade 1,536 8.0%
Fifth Grade 1,912 9.9%
Sixth Grade 2,019 10.5%
Seventh Grade 1,880 9.8%
Eighth Grade 1,692 8.8%
Ninth Grade 948 4.9%
Tenth Grade 886 4.6%
Eleventh Grade 652 3.4%
Twelfth Grade 605 3.1%
Students by Management Organization
CMO 1,815 9.4%
Freestanding 17,453 90.6%
 
Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 1,360,605
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 744,360 54.7%
Black 223,693 16.4%
Hispanic 270,338 19.9%
Asian 113,648 8.4%
Other 8,565 0.6%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 401,306 29.5%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 959,299 70.5%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 129,478 9.5%
Suburbs 1,066,105 78.4%
Town 25,833 1.9%
Rural 139,189 10.2%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 657,542 48.3%
Middle Schools 269,938 19.8%
High Schools 392,788 28.9%
Middle/High Schools 35,020 2.6%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 928 0.1%
Ungraded 4,388
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 30,673 2.3%
Kindergarten 91,636 6.7%
First Grade 96,751 7.1%
Second Grade 97,171 7.1%
Third Grade 97,379 7.2%
Fourth Grade 97,626 7.2%
Fifth Grade 97,017 7.1%
Sixth Grade 97,385 7.2%
Seventh Grade 98,201 7.2%
Eighth Grade 99,120 7.3%
Ninth Grade 106,777 7.8%
Tenth Grade 103,990 7.6%
Eleventh Grade 98,586 7.2%
Twelfth Grade 96,834 7.1%
Select another state on the map to view dashboard data for that state. Click on National Data above to return to the dashboard for national data.
Select a district in New Jersey to view district-level dashboard data.