(DFG) scale;
* "evidence of substantive failure of thorough and efficient education;" including "failure to achieve what the DOE considers passing levels of performance on the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA);"
* have a large percentage of disadvantaged students who need "an education beyond the norm;"
* existence of an "excessive tax [for] municipal services" in the locality where the district is located.

Using these factors, the Court in Abbott II identified