Perth Amboy Public Schools

Perth Amboy Public Schools
Superintendent: Dr. Janine Walker Caffrey
Business Administrator: Derek J. Jess
Address: 178 Barracks Street
Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 11
Enrollment: 10,092 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 789
Student–teacher ratio: 12.79
District Factor Group: A
Web site: http://www.paps.net
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $15,228 84 $13,632 11.7%
2 Classroom Instruction 9,408 92 8,035 17.1%
6 Support Services 2,545 82 2,166 17.5%
8 Administrative Cost 1,202 25 1,379 -12.8%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,564 54 1,674 -6.6%
13 Extracurricular Activities 129 9 258 -50.0%
16 Median Teacher Salary 52,550 20 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

Perth Amboy Public Schools is a community public school district serving students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade, located in the city of Perth Amboy, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.[3]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 10,092 students and 789 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.89.[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.[4]

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:

Early Childhood Schools
Elementary Schools (K-4)

Secondary schools

Middle Schools (5-8)

High School (9-12)

Adult School

Central administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Perth Amboy School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 18, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Educationbacked up by the Internet Archive as of May 15, 2009. Accessed August 18, 2011.
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  5. ^ Data for the Perth Amboy Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 18, 2011.
  6. ^ Superintendents Office, Perth Amboy Public Schools. Accessed August 18, 2011.
  7. ^ Business Office, Perth Amboy Public Schools. Accessed March 18, 2011.

External links

K-8
K-12
9-12
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