Cost of Education Has Increased by $1,463 Per Student
Do you notice the difference?
Editorial by Jim Gerrish

05/16/14

The 2014 version of the Taxpayer's Guide to Education Spending, released last Friday, provides per-pupil spending data in 17 categories. For most, it ranks how each district's spending compared with those of similar size and type. Check out the interactive guide in the Newark Star Ledger.

The guide also provides calculations of the grand total cost per pupil to operate New Jersey's 661 school districts and charter schools, including state payments on behalf of districts for their employees' pension, Social Security and retirement medical costs, as well as tuition and debt service costs borne by the districts.

Let's check out East Orange and compare how much we paid in 2012 and 2013.

Just looking at the two sections highlighted above, we spent $1463 more per pupil in 2013 than we did in 2012 and that was for 94 fewer students. What did we get for our money?

East Orange Campus High School (2011-2012) - (2012 - 2013)

East Orange STEM Academy (2011-2012) - (2012 - 2013)

East Orange Community Charter School (2011-2012) - (2012 - 2013)

East Orange Cicely Tyson Middle/ High School (2011-2012) - (2012 - 2013)

That's just the high schools. You can do the elementary schools yourself using the same links to look them up.

 

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