| Camden City Public Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Dr. Bessie LeFra Young | ||||
| Business Administrator: | David Shafter | ||||
| Address: | 201 North Front Street Camden, NJ 08102 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 33 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 13,102 (as of 2007-08)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 1,027.5 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 12.8 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | A | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.camden.k12.nj.us/ | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $16,131 | 92 | $13,632 | 18.3% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 8,786 | 80 | 8,035 | 9.3% |
| 6 | Support Services | 3,124 | 97 | 2,166 | 44.2% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,658 | 98 | 1,379 | 20.2% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 2,142 | 96 | 1,674 | 28.0% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 97 | 4 | 258 | -62.4% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 60,373 | 60 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105 |
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Camden City Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from the city of Camden, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.[3]
In 2003, Bonsall Family School, Camden High School and East Camden High School were identified as three of the seven "persistently dangerous" high schools in New Jersey.[4]
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's 33 schools had an enrollment of 13,102 students and 1,027.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest 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.[5]
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George Washington School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[6]
Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:
In the 2000s, the Camden school system was labeled as corrupt by some individuals; a July 6, 2006 editorial [8] written by Sherry Wolkoff appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The editorial, titled "Children of Camden get short end of the pencil," asserts that Camden school officials obtain unjustified bonuses while Camden schoolchildren have few resources.
In early 2006, allegations were also made that school officials had altered standardized test scores to improve Camden's national school ratings. "We know that, with respect to the test scores, those scores were not legitimately achieved," says Lucille Davy, New Jersey's acting commissioner of education. "There was manipulation of the process."[9]
Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]
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