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

2009-2010 New Jersey

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 21,729
% of Charter School Students to All Public School Students 1.6%
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 1,973 9.1%
Black 13,765 63.3%
Hispanic 5,175 23.8%
Asian 608 2.8%
Other 166 0.8%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 15,241 70.1%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 6,488 29.9%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 11,055 50.9%
Suburbs 10,133 46.6%
Rural 541 2.5%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 13,375 61.6%
Middle Schools 1,784 8.2%
High Schools 1,556 7.2%
Middle/High Schools 1,743 8.0%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 3,271 15.1%
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 93 0.4%
Kindergarten 2,200 10.1%
First Grade 2,143 9.9%
Second Grade 2,110 9.7%
Third Grade 1,813 8.3%
Fourth Grade 1,780 8.2%
Fifth Grade 2,001 9.2%
Sixth Grade 2,153 9.9%
Seventh Grade 2,101 9.7%
Eighth Grade 1,856 8.5%
Ninth Grade 982 4.5%
Tenth Grade 913 4.2%
Eleventh Grade 824 3.8%
Twelfth Grade 619 2.8%
Students by Management Organization
CMO 2,157 9.9%
Freestanding 19,572 90.1%
 
Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 1,365,367
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 733,368 53.7%
Black 222,285 16.3%
Hispanic 281,273 20.6%
Asian 117,113 8.6%
Other 11,328 0.8%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 429,933 31.5%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 935,434 68.5%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 128,274 9.4%
Suburbs 1,069,388 78.3%
Town 26,309 1.9%
Rural 141,396 10.4%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 650,036 47.6%
Middle Schools 268,524 19.7%
High Schools 393,433 28.8%
Middle/High Schools 33,909 2.5%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 1,087 0.1%
Ungraded 18,378
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 33,524 2.5%
Kindergarten 92,911 6.8%
First Grade 98,516 7.2%
Second Grade 96,084 7.0%
Third Grade 97,927 7.2%
Fourth Grade 97,683 7.2%
Fifth Grade 98,141 7.2%
Sixth Grade 98,171 7.2%
Seventh Grade 98,545 7.2%
Eighth Grade 98,139 7.2%
Ninth Grade 106,684 7.8%
Tenth Grade 102,564 7.5%
Eleventh Grade 98,998 7.3%
Twelfth Grade 96,204 7.0%
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