Appendix II

Newark Schools by the Numbers

 

 

 

SPENDING PER PUPIL, 2014–2015

• Newark district schools: $19,650 (This amount represents remaining per-pupil sum after payments to charters and pre-K are subtracted; of the $19,650, an average of $9,604 per pupil reaches schools.)

• Newark charter schools: $16,400 (There is no available data on average amount reaching charter school classrooms. According to Newark’s KIPP schools, $12,664 reaches its SPARK Academy elementary school.)

 

 

NEWARK POVERTY STATISTICS

• 71% of households headed by a single parent

• 42% of children live below poverty level (2010)

• $27,038 median income for families with children (2010)

NEW JERSEY POVERTY STATISTICS

• 30% of households headed by a single parent

• 14% of children live below poverty level (2010)

• $83,208 median income for families with children (2010)

Sources: Newark Public Schools, Newark Board of Education, New Jersey Charter Schools Association, Parthenon Group, KIPP schools, http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2014301.