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Comparison of per Pupil Spending

Comparison of per Pupil Spending - dfg FG, GH, I & J Districts with Enrollment Greater than 3,500

During the 2001-02 budget process, SOM administrators identified what they believed to be those districts in NJ with enrollments greater than 3,500.  That list with accompanying data can be seen at Per Pupil - 99-00.  This is a partial update for districts in dfg FG, GH, I & J using the Total Cost per Pupil figure from the High School portion of each district's Report Card.   There have been several statistical analysis done on past data that show a very low correlation factor between spending per student and academic outcomes as measured by performance on standardized tests.  One need look no further than the the spending in and scores in dfg A schools for support of these studies.  Researchers may also want to look at the Teaneck situation (2nd highest per pupil spending & lowest scores of all districts here listed).  

District HS HS District
1999-00 Budget Budget Factor
School District Enrollment $/Pupil $/Pupil Group
1999-00 2000-01
Montgomery Twp 3,521 $8,683 $8,970 J
Millburn 3,807 $10,037 $10,605 J
Ridgewood 5,085 $10,820 $10,867 I
Livingston 4,553 $11,885 $12,204 I
Scotch Plains-Fanwood 4,227 $10,037 $10,395 I
Westfield 5,215 $9,407 $10,765 I
South Orange-Maplewood 6,189 $10,042 $10,210 I
Bernards 3,940 $9,778 $9,946 I
Sparta 3,600 $8,922 $9,419 I
Randolph 5,055 $9,191 $9,700 I
Hopewell Twp 3,535 $10,041 $10,542 I
Cherry Hill 10,791 $9,500 $9,901 I
Hillsborough 6,823 $8,908 $9,129 I
East Brunswick 8,366 $9,626 $10,414 I
Lawrence Twp 3,908 $10,204 $10,754 I
South Brunswick 7,042 $9,685 $10,055 I
West Windsor Twp 7,971 $10,941 $11,369 I
Teaneck 4,607 $12,778 $14,049 GH
West Orange 5,508 $10,705 $11,178 GH
Montclair 6,018 $10,289 $10,899 GH
Franklin Twp 5,552 $11,024 $11,737 GH
Middletown 10,268 $9,623 $10,147 GH
Wayne 7,853 $9,913 $10,225 GH
Bridgewater-Raritan 7533 $9,500 $10,178 GH
Ocean Twp 4,362 $9,427 $9,764 GH
Parsippany-Troy Hills 6,328 $11,985 $12,015 GH
Roxbury 4,288 $9,686 $10,192 GH
North Brunswick 4,913 $8,952 $9,279 GH
Mount Olive 4,073 $10,598 $10,904 GH
East Windsor Twp 4,228 $10,907 $10,969 GH
Washington Twp 9,437 $8,844 GH
Morris Twp 8,615 $13,519 $14,457 GH
Paramus 4,105 $10,762 $11,483 GH
Fair Lawn 4,581 $10,900 $11,425 FG
Wall Twp 3,778 $9,893 $10,444 FG
Matawan-Aberdeen 3646 $10,820 $11,022 FG
Ewing Twp 3,745 $10,374 $11,137 FG
West Milford 4,636 $9,327 $10,090 FG
Edison Twp 12,482 $9,926 $10,359 FG
Piscataway 6,587 $10,156 $10,143 FG
Old Bridge 9,595 $9,279 $9,563 FG
South Plainfield 3,595 $9,655 $9,934 FG
Hamilton Twp 12,715 $8,870 $9,402 FG
Vernon 5,361 $9,379 $9,683 FG

Source: NJ State Department of Education Report Card