Monday, September 21, 2015

The Poorest Districts in New Jersey

The fifty poorest districts in New Jersey, based on Local Fair Share per student, include 22 of the 31 Abbotts and 28 non-Abbotts.

The 28 non-Abbotts include eight of the sixteen Bacon districts and twenty very poor non-Bacons.    

The poorest district in New Jersey appears to be Bridgeton City in Cumberland County.  Bridgeton's Local Fair Share per student is only $1,700.  Bridgeton is very poor demographically as well.  Bridgeton students are 93% FRL-eligible, the sixth highest proportion in NJ.  

These fifty districts include large districts such as Trenton, Camden, and Newark.  Combined, these fifty districts get $4 billion in K-12 state aid, or half the total.  This works out to a (weighted) average of $13,965 per student.

The 22 Abbots get a (weighted) average of $14,800 per student in state aid.  The 28 non-Abbotts get a (weighted) average of only $9,900 per student in state aid.  

According to figures in the User Friendly Budgets, the average district among the fifty poorest spends $15,300 per student.  The Abbotts spend $17,255 per student.  The non-Abbotts spend $13,750 per student.  The Abbotts have higher poverty rates (82% FRL eligible vs 59% FRL-eligible for the non-Abbotts), so this result is not surprising or something I object to, although the size of the gap is questionable.

(A) = Abbott district.  (B) = Bacon district.

District NameLocal Fair ShareLocal Fair Share Per StudentSpending Per StudentState Aid Per StudentTotal State Aid
MOUNT HOLLY TWP$7,400,372$7,150$15,979$9,667$10,005,259
LAKEHURST BORO (B)$2,434,311$6,147$14,466$15,268$6,046,168
MANCHESTER REG$5,835,285$6,091$12,925$6,770$6,486,069
WESTVILLE BORO$2,254,671$6,077$13,538$6,663$2,472,098
COMMERCIAL TWP (B)$3,541,907$5,983$12,714$17,295$10,238,670
FREEHOLD BORO$9,668,981$5,957$11,462$5,942$9,643,250
CLAYTON BORO (B)$8,035,430$5,948$12,552$7,287$9,844,658
BROOKLAWN BORO$2,079,662$5,908$12,229$12,420$4,371,742
HALEDON BORO$5,975,040$5,846$12,780$6,660$6,806,166
NEWTON TOWN$9,060,945$5,838$15,315$3,789$5,880,552
STERLING HIGH SCHOOL DIST$5,349,558$5,783$15,856$7,385$6,831,315
DOVER TOWN$17,715,801$5,671$11,362$7,838$24,486,599
WEST NEW YORK TOWN (A)$42,681,660$5,663$14,853$12,381$93,312,984
FOLSOM BORO$2,448,642$5,578$13,025$12,688$5,570,108
HAMMONTON TOWN (B)$20,385,878$5,578$11,046$4,179$15,273,362
GARFIELD CITY (A)$30,296,266$5,577$15,922$10,292$55,908,626
NATIONAL PARK BORO$1,505,815$5,476$14,402$7,556$2,077,854
KEANSBURG BORO (A)$8,204,527$5,304$21,389$17,669$27,334,659
IRVINGTON TOWNSHIP (A)$37,723,297$5,134$16,825$15,293$112,373,117
PENNS GRV-CARNEY'S PT REG$11,985,406$5,096$12,976$9,068$21,328,565
FAIRFIELD TWP (B)$3,078,470$5,006$11,850$9,762$6,003,352
LINDENWOLD BORO$12,436,529$4,908$13,292$9,687$24,546,306
PLAINFIELD CITY (A)$41,356,707$4,795$16,499$14,075$121,397,680
EGG HARBOR CITY (B)$2,362,322$4,734$15,411$10,423$5,201,112
RIVERSIDE TWP$6,965,639$4,644$12,722$7,233$10,849,800
PINE HILL BORO$8,760,189$4,525$15,631$8,416$16,292,748
NEW BRUNSWICK CITY (A)$39,399,366$4,444$17,453$13,848$122,777,268
PEMBERTON TWP (B)$23,198,586$4,438$18,931$15,971$83,481,225
PAULSBORO BORO$5,197,468$4,375$16,193$10,215$12,135,584
MILLVILLE CITY (A)$26,258,781$4,361$14,875$11,287$67,959,813
EAST ORANGE (A)$44,660,845$4,264$17,922$17,009$178,156,410
GLOUCESTER CITY (A)$8,751,000$4,219$18,860$14,501$30,074,492
CITY OF ORANGE (A)$21,661,608$4,191$15,782$14,213$73,454,820
BELVIDERE TOWN$3,135,440$4,126$15,069$3,730$2,834,517
UNION CITY (A)$48,593,609$4,112$17,370$15,046$177,818,679
NEWARK CITY (A)$183,863,588$3,834$16,403$14,916$715,271,519
ELIZABETH CITY (A)$98,295,965$3,813$16,580$14,118$363,945,958
BURLINGTON CITY (A)$9,741,821$3,794$17,551$6,541$16,797,657
PROSPECT PARK BORO$3,290,029$3,747$12,140$8,986$7,889,464
PERTH AMBOY CITY (A)$43,047,549$3,689$16,022$13,712$159,990,923
PATERSON CITY (A)$97,149,177$3,483$16,696$14,337$399,834,019
WOODLYNNE BORO$1,365,093$3,289$12,241$16,720$6,938,821
PLEASANTVILLE CITY (A)$13,079,411$3,288$18,311$16,299$64,837,599
TRENTON CITY (A)$41,692,620$3,251$18,504$17,783$228,081,033
PHILLIPSBURG TOWN (A)$12,550,417$3,209$15,998$9,573$37,441,412
PASSAIC CITY (A)$47,311,355$3,193$17,109$15,408$228,314,704
NORTH HANOVER TWP$3,805,136$2,883$15,409$8,667$11,440,688
SALEM CITY (A)$2,904,245$2,463$18,066$13,897$16,384,640
CAMDEN CITY (A)$28,068,813$1,782$20,849$17,768$279,847,597
BRIDGETON CITY (A)$9,625,854$1,705$15,703$14,163$79,952,446
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