Hammonton Public Schools

Hammonton Public Schools
Superintendent: Dr. C. Dan Blachford
Business Administrator: Barbara S. Prettyman
Address: 566 Old Forks Road
Hammonton, NJ 08037
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 4
Enrollment: 3,483 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 251
Student–teacher ratio: 13.88
District Factor Group: B
Web site: http://www.hammontonps.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $10,906 6 $13,632 -20.0%
2 Classroom Instruction 6,350 8 8,035 -21.0%
6 Support Services 1,515 10 2,166 -30.1%
8 Administrative Cost 1,346 23 1,379 -2.4%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,348 16 1,674 -19.5%
13 Extracurricular Activities 259 9 258 0.4%
16 Median Teacher Salary 50,125 13 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,801-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=70

The Hammonton Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serve students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Hammonton, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.

Students from Folsom Borough (grades 9-12) and Waterford Township (7-12) attend the Hammonton schools as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Folsom Borough School District and the Waterford Township School District.[3][4]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 3,483 students and 251 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.88.[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.[5]

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2009-10 National Center for Education Statistics enrollment data[6]) are:

Elementary Schools
Middle School
High School

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[8]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Hammonton Town School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 29, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Hammonton Public Schools 2010 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 29, 2011. "We have a wonderful school system that serves the children of Hammonton, Waterford, and Folsom."
  4. ^ Puko, Timothy. "Sending Towns Feeling Pinched by Hammonton", The Press of Atlantic City, March 13, 2007. Accessed June 29, 2011. "The two school districts that send students to Hammonton are disputing tuition adjustments that would allow Hammonton School District to avoid a tax hike this year but cause large tax hikes in the sending districts. The school budgets for Hammonton and its sending districts Waterford and Folsom could hang in limbo well past next month's school board elections, and Waterford and Folsom could be left with budget fights and massive cuts, sending district superintendents said."
  5. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  6. ^ Data for the Hammonton Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 29, 2011.
  7. ^ a b c d Building Administration, Hammonton Public Schools. Accessed June 29, 2011.
  8. ^ Atlantic County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  9. ^ Superintendent Office, Hammonton Public Schools. Accessed June 29, 2011.
  10. ^ Business Office, Hammonton Public Schools. Accessed June 29, 2011.

External links

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9-12
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