District Factor Groups are (were?) a measure of affluence of different school districts calculated by the state. Districts are ranked in eight categories: A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I, and J, with “A” districts being the least affluent and “J” districts being the most affluent. The last time the state updated DFGs, they used data from the 2000 Census, so it’s been a while.
I found out the other day that Ed Law Center published its own updated DFG list based on 2013-2017 American Community Survey data using the same criteria as the state, and they did shuffle some districts around. While this list is still based on data that’s a few years old, 2017 is a lot more recent than 2000. It’s interesting to see the changes they made. I’m skeptical of some of their classifications (there’s no way Pequannock is an FG DFG, or Parsippany, and while they kept Franklin Lakes at I, it seems unfathomable that it’s not a J district), but it still could be a useful tool for some.
I’m surprised I didn’t know about this sooner, as I usually gobble statistics like this up, but here’s the info for those who are interested…
https://edlawcenter.org/research/elc...or-groups.html
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