South Amboy Public Schools

South Amboy Public Schools
Superintendent: Robert Sheedy
Business Administrator: Carolyn B. Joseph
Address: 240 John Street
South Amboy, NJ 08879
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 2
Enrollment: 1,119 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 73.0
Student–teacher ratio: 15.3
District Factor Group: CD
Web site: http://www.saboe.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $11,565 8 $13,632 -15.2%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,049 18 8,035 -12.3%
6 Support Services 1,597 11 2,166 -26.3%
8 Administrative Cost 1,415 14 1,379 2.6%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,218 5 1,674 -27.2%
13 Extracurricular Activities 236 2 258 -8.5%
16 Median Teacher Salary 56,376 27 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 0-1800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=45

The South Amboy Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serve students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from South Amboy, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 1,119 students and 73.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.3.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth highest 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]

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Awards and recognition

NAMM named the district in its 2008 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 110 school districts nationwide.[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[6][7]

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