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Linden Public School District
A public school district in Linden, New Jersey, with 11 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 6,664
- Students enrolled
- 548
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,096
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $25,981
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 6,664 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,410th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 45th of 651 in New Jersey. Larger than 92% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $25,981 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 88% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Linden Public School District spent $27,303 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $11,742 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $27,303 | $176.4 million | 6,461 |
| FY2023 | $25,981 | $159.1 million | 6,125 |
| FY2022 | $23,906 | $145.0 million | 6,064 |
| FY2021 | $21,895 | $134.9 million | 6,159 |
| FY2020 | $20,407 | $129.7 million | 6,354 |
| FY2019 | $20,393 | $129.3 million | 6,342 |
| FY2018 | $20,017 | $124.9 million | 6,239 |
| FY2017 | $18,884 | $117.0 million | 6,198 |
| FY2016 | $18,482 | $113.4 million | 6,135 |
| FY2015 | $17,716 | $106.5 million | 6,009 |
| FY2014 | $18,001 | $108.6 million | 6,031 |
| FY2013 | $16,636 | $99.7 million | 5,994 |
| FY2012 | $16,160 | $96.6 million | 5,978 |
| FY2011 | $14,821 | $93.1 million | 6,283 |
| FY2010 | $15,527 | $97.0 million | 6,245 |
| FY2009 | $15,609 | $96.6 million | 6,189 |
| FY2008 | $16,787 | $101.7 million | 6,058 |
| FY2007 | $15,443 | $94.8 million | 6,138 |
| FY2006 | $13,885 | $87.1 million | 6,276 |
| FY2005 | $11,742 | $72.4 million | 6,169 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $8.4 million | 4.5% |
| State | $79.8 million | 42.5% |
| Local | $99.4 million | 53.0% |
| Total | $187.6 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
11 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Joseph E. Soehl Middle School | 710 |
| Linden High School | 1,934 |
| Myles J. McManus MIddle School | 711 |
| Number 1 | 454 |
| Number 10 | 299 |
| Number 2 | 602 |
| Number 4 | 447 |
| Number 5 | 319 |
| Number 6 | 320 |
| Number 8 | 334 |
| Number 9 | 311 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 3408610
Elsewhere
- Public schools in New Jersey — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in New Jersey — A to Z, each with its page.
- New Jersey on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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