Against Its Peers · Accountability · flat (2D)
Where the money is above, and below, its peers
Per-pupil spending for Rockaway Township (K-8) against the median of its own official NJ DOE comparison group, FY2024. Bars right of the peer line spend more; left, less.
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Per-pupil spending vs peer median, by category
This district in blue; its peer median as the reference tick. Support services is the standout gap; co-curricular runs well below peer.
| Category | This district / pupil | Peer median / pupil | Gap $ | Gap % |
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Read this next to the refuted claims. "Bloated administration" is false — the district is the 5th leanest of 73 in its group. It is debt-free and places only 1.79% of special-ed students out of district (vs a 7.56% peer median). The real question the bars pose is the support-services line, not administration.
source: data/benchmarks.json (gap_ranking; NJ DOE TGES, SES-validated peers)
refuted claims X1, X5, X6 →