South Amboy Public Schools

South Amboy Public Schools
240 John Street
South Amboy, NJ 08879
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Robert Sheedy
Business administrator Peter Frascella
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,152 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 82.0 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 14.05:1
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website http://sapublicschools.com
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,9287$18,891-15.7%
1Budgetary Cost11,461414,783-22.5%
2Classroom Instruction7,00578,763-20.1%
6Support Services1,42132,392-40.6%
8Administrative Cost1,510141,4851.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,20051,783-32.7%
13Extracurricular Activities2623268-2.2%
16Median Teacher Salary63,2823164,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The South Amboy Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serve students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from South Amboy, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 1,152 students and 82.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.05:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[3]

Awards and recognition

NAMM named the district in its 2008 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 110 school districts nationwide.[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:[6]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for South Amboy School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ "NAMM Foundation Names the 'Best Communities for Music Education'", NAMM, April 30, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2009.
  5. ↑ School Data for the South Amboy Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the South Amboy School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 16, 2014.
  7. ↑ South Amboy Elementary School, South Amboy Public Schools. Accessed November 16, 2014.
  8. ↑ South Amboy Middle High School, South Amboy Public Schools. Accessed November 16, 2014.
  9. ↑ Board Members, South Amboy Board of Education. Accessed November 16, 2014.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Middlesex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 16, 2014.

Coordinates: 40°28′53″N 74°16′50″W / 40.481515°N 74.280429°W / 40.481515; -74.280429

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