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Newark Public School District
A public school district in Newark, New Jersey, with 64 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 44,199
- Students enrolled
- 2,840.6
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 6,799.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $28,631
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 44,199 in 2024–25
- Ranks 114th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1st of 651 in New Jersey. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $28,631 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 92% 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
Newark Public School District spent $29,694 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $21,565 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 | $29,694 | $1.3 billion | 42,791 |
| FY2023 | $28,631 | $1.2 billion | 41,672 |
| FY2022 | $25,301 | $1.0 billion | 40,876 |
| FY2021 | $22,978 | $928.8 million | 40,423 |
| FY2020 | $21,251 | $884.7 million | 41,629 |
| FY2019 | $20,566 | $831.8 million | 40,448 |
| FY2018 | $18,878 | $775.1 million | 41,060 |
| FY2017 | $18,573 | $752.5 million | 40,514 |
| FY2016 | $18,276 | $747.3 million | 40,889 |
| FY2015 | $20,929 | $761.2 million | 36,372 |
| FY2014 | $22,221 | $777.2 million | 34,976 |
| FY2013 | $24,670 | $878.0 million | 35,588 |
| FY2012 | $23,946 | $851.1 million | 35,543 |
| FY2011 | $19,699 | $812.3 million | 41,235 |
| FY2010 | $22,391 | $883.2 million | 39,443 |
| FY2009 | $21,896 | $875.7 million | 39,992 |
| FY2008 | $25,201 | $1.0 billion | 40,507 |
| FY2007 | $24,228 | $999.8 million | 41,266 |
| FY2006 | $22,584 | $945.3 million | 41,857 |
| FY2005 | $21,565 | $906.5 million | 42,033 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $218.4 million | 12.5% |
| State | $1.3 billion | 77.1% |
| Local | $181.8 million | 10.4% |
| Total | $1.7 billion |
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
64 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
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
- 3411340
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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