Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
	-	Georgia
	-	Hawaii
	-	Idaho
	-	Illinois
	-	Indiana
	-	Iowa
	-	Kansas
	-	Kentucky
	-	Louisiana
	-	Maine
	-	Maryland
	-	Massachusetts
	-	Michigan
	-	Minnesota
	-	Mississippi
	-	Missouri
	-	Montana
	-	Nebraska
	-	Nevada
	-	New Hampshire
	-	New Jersey
	-	New Mexico
	-	New York
	-	North Carolina
	-	North Dakota
	-	Ohio
	-	Oklahoma
	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/education/

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

608

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
1,451	409	315	6	136

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
16:1	14:1	13:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
41,887	17,680	24,780	312	3,318

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	765,810	850,289
9-12 (CCD)	310,195	322,689
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	10,977

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

State 39.8%, Local 56.6%, Federal 3.6%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	0.1%	0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.1	5.8
Black	18.5	18.1
Hispanic	11.1	14.3
White	66.1	61.6

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
14.8%	14.0%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
43,176	49,300

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
1,799	3,089

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
n/a	3.5

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
64%	74%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program*
(CCD, 1998-99)

For 0 to 34%, 1,654 schools; 35 to 49%, 173 schools; 50 to 74%, 191 schools; and 75 to 100%, 214 schools.

*85 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
All districts: 75% students at Proficient level on ESPA grade 4 and GEPA grade 8 tests; 85% for HSPT grade 11

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
See AYP.

Indicators for School Accountability
Scores on CRT (ESPA, GEPA, HSPT)

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Increase in percent passing R/LA, M, W, calculated on graduated formula, gap between performance and standard divided by 7

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
Not available

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	132,727
9-12	16,468
Pre-K	3,271

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	121	240
Asian/Pacific Islander	1,460	3,670
Black	46,915	31,926
Hispanic	33,678	25,416
White	5,646	44,766

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$169,318,806

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 46 schools with schoolwide programs and 1,880 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 132 schoolwide, 1,075 targeted assistance; in 1999, 168 schoolwide, 1,117 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Elementary School Proficiency Test, 8th Grade Proficiency Test, Grade 11 High School Proficiency Test.

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards waiver granted by U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient"
Score of 200 and above.

Exclusion from Assessment
Policy under review

Other Assessments
No information provided

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading/Language Arts
		Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced Proficient
All Students		43.3%	54.1%	2.6%
Title I Schoolwide		84.0	15.9	0.0
Title I Targeted		61.9	37.6	0.0
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		84.6	15.2	0.1
Migrant students		84.0	16.0	0.0

Mathematics
		Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced Proficient
All Students		39.4%	44.3%	16.2%
Title I Schoolwide		70.2	26.6	3.2
Title I Targeted		42.0	44.4	13.6
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		75.9	20.3	3.8
Migrant students		72.6	25.3	2.1

Grade 8

Reading/Language Arts
		Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced Proficient
All Students		21.6%	71.4%	7.1%
Title I Schoolwide		51.9	47.4	0.7
Title I Targeted		21.9	72.3	5.8
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		83.5	16.4	0.1
Migrant students		51.9	48.1	0.0

Mathematics
		Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced Proficient
All Students		37.9%	43.0%	19.2%
Title I Schoolwide		75.3	22.6	2.1
Title I Targeted		39.2	44.2	16.5
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		75.1	21.2	3.7
Migrant students		80.0	14.5	5.4

Grade 11

Reading
		Pass
All Schools		83.5%
Title I Schoolwide		50.0
Title I Targeted		78.3

Mathematics
	Pass
All Schools	87.0%
Title I Schoolwide	66.9
Title I Targeted	79.8

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	n/a	n/a
Basic level and above	n/a	n/a
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	n/a	n/a
Basic level and above	n/a	n/a