Carteret School District

Carteret School District
Superintendent: Kevin W. Ahearn
Business Administrator: Nilkanth Patel
Address: 599 Roosevelt Avenue
Carteret, NJ 07008
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 5
Enrollment: 3,904 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 221.0
Student–teacher ratio: 17.7
District Factor Group: B
Web site: http://www.carteretschools.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $10,967 6 $13,632 -19.5%
2 Classroom Instruction 6,886 9 8,035 -14.3%
6 Support Services 1,482 16 2,166 -31.6%
8 Administrative Cost 1,207 26 1,379 -12.5%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,155 9 1,674 -31.0%
13 Extracurricular Activities 180 24 258 -30.2%
16 Median Teacher Salary 50,320 6 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

The Carteret School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Carteret, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 3,904 students and 221.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.7.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second 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.[3]

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:

Elementary Schools (K-5)
Middle School
High School

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Carteret Borough School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  4. ^ Data for the Carteret School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 15, 2009.
  5. ^ District Contacts, Carteret School District. Accessed November 15, 2009.
  6. ^ Middlesex County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

External links

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9-12
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