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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 743)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
341269004898	711	School 13	Public	K-8	690 East 23rd St	Paterson	07504	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0130	484	35	13.8	70.9%	2 (0.4%)	107 (22.1%)	371 (76.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,300						$8,300	9.5	9.4	713	2
341146003521	712	Polk Street School	Public	K-8	7111 Polk Street	North Bergen	07047	Hudson County	North Bergen School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 295-2920	258	18	14.7	86.8%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	258 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								9.5	7.1	739	27
340783002808	713	Chaplain Charles Watters School	Public	PK, KG-8	220 Virginia Ave	Jersey City	07304	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6510	552	49	11.2	65.8%	74 (13.4%)	229 (41.5%)	175 (31.7%)	50 (9.1%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	18 (3.3%)	$11,181			$395			$10,786	9.4	8.4	730	17
341269004880	714	Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Junior School	Public	1-8	55 Clinton Street	Paterson	07522	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0040	502	38	13.3	68.5%	8 (1.6%)	187 (37.3%)	303 (60.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$10,865						$10,865	9.4	15.6	643	71
340225001800	715	Quarter Mile Lane School	Public	PK, KG-8	300 Quarter Mile Lane	Bridgeton	08302	Cumberland County	Bridgeton City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 455-8030	667	55	12.2	66.1%	18 (2.7%)	138 (20.7%)	495 (74.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.9%)	$10,618			$590			$10,028	9.2	9.4	711	4
340264003065	716	Thomas H. Dudley Family School	Public	PK, KG-8	2250 Berwick Street	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 365-0636	598	53	11.2	49.7%	12 (2.0%)	144 (24.1%)	423 (70.7%)	13 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	$19,328			$3,830			$15,498	9.2	8.3	731	15
340225001786	717	Broad Street School	Public	K-8	251 West Broad Street	Bridgeton	08302	Cumberland County	Bridgeton City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 455-8030	779	77	10.1	66.5%	15 (1.9%)	63 (8.1%)	691 (88.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.8%)	$13,961			$1,315			$12,646	9.2	8.9	720	3
340783002796	718	Ollie Culbreth Junior School	Public	PK, KG-8	153 Union St	Jersey City	07304	Hudson County	Jersey City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 915-6430	364	46	7.8	74.7%	15 (4.1%)	231 (63.5%)	104 (28.6%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.1%)	$15,626			$510			$15,116	9.2	9.3	714	4
341269004892	719	School 10	Public	K-8	48 Mercer Street	Paterson	07524	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0100	455	32	14.2	86.4%	4 (0.9%)	111 (24.4%)	334 (73.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$8,827						$8,827	9.1	6.7	743	24
341254004854	720	William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11	Public	K-8	390 Gregory Ave.	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-5511	867	70	12.3	99.1%	2 (0.2%)	19 (2.2%)	835 (96.3%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	$9,572			$759			$8,813	9.1	9.2	716	4

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No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.