Salem City School District (New Jersey)

Salem City School District
Superintendent: Dr. Amiot Michel
Business Administrator: Debbie Piccirillo
Address: 205 Walnut Street
Salem, NJ 08079
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 3
Enrollment: 1,424 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 126.0
Student–teacher ratio: 11.3
District Factor Group: A
Web site: http://www.salemnj.org/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $14,973 42 $13,632 9.8%
2 Classroom Instruction 8,340 41 8,035 3.8%
6 Support Services 2,600 41 2,166 20.0%
8 Administrative Cost 1,622 33 1,379 17.6%
10 Operations & Maintenance 2,100 44 1,674 25.4%
13 Extracurricular Activities 310 7 258 20.2%
16 Median Teacher Salary 48,948 9 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 0-1800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=45

The Salem City School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Salem City, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.[3]

Students from Elsinboro, Lower Alloways Creek Township, Mannington Township and Quinton Township attend the district's high school for grades 9-12 as part of sending/receiving relationships.[4]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program.[5] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.[6]

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,424 students and 126.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3.[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.[7]

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:

Elementary School
Middle School
High School

Administration

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

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Salem City 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. ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.
  4. ^ Salem High School 2008 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 25, 2009. "Salem High School is one of the oldest comprehensive high schools in the State of New Jersey. Our high school is proud to serve its students in grades 9-12 from Salem City, Elsinboro, Lower Alloways Creek, Mannington, and Quinton."
  5. ^ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  6. ^ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  7. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  8. ^ Data for the Salem City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 25, 2009.
  9. ^ Salem Board of Education to Meet, Salem City School District. Accessed August 24, 2008.
  10. ^ Salem County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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