South Brunswick Public Schools

South Brunswick Public Schools
Superintendent: Dr. Gary P. McCartney
Business Administrator: Anthony N. Tonzini, Jr.
Address: 231 Black Horse Lane
Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 10
Enrollment: 9,023 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 685
Student–teacher ratio: 13.17
District Factor Group: I
Web site: http://www.sbschools.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $11,994 29 $13,632 -12.0%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,031 23 8,035 -12.5%
6 Support Services 1,468 14 2,166 -32.2%
8 Administrative Cost 1,385 62 1,379 0.4%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,788 76 1,674 6.8%
13 Extracurricular Activities 250 58 258 -3.1%
16 Median Teacher Salary 57,072 45 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

The South Brunswick Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from South Brunswick Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

The district has grown substantially in recent decades, with high school enrollment doubling to nearly 2,000 in the decade to 2001, and increasing by another 1,000 in the subsequent decade.[3][4] As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's 10 schools had an enrollment of 9,023 students and 685 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.17.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second 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.[5]

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Awards and recognition

Five of the district's schools have received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve: South Brunswick High School (1990-91), Greenbrook School (1991-92), Crossroads Middle School (1992-93), Cambridge Elementary School (1996-97), Constable Elementary School (2000-01).[6]

Five of South Brunswick's schools have been named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve:

Indian Fields School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[12]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[13]) are:

Elementary Schools (K-5, except as indicated)
Middle School
High School

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the South Brunswick Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 27, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/South Brunswick; A Sprawling Town Reining In Growth", The New York Times, November 10, 2002. Accessed November 27, 2011. "NOWHERE in South Brunswick is the rapid growth felt more profoundly than in the 8,160-student school system, which grew by 160 students last year. It consists of nine elementary schools, Crossroads Middle School, for Grades 7 and 8, and the 1,942-student South Brunswick High School, where enrollment has doubled in the past decade."
  4. ^ South Brunswick High School, SchoolDigger.com. Accessed November 27, 2011.
  5. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2009.
  6. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
  7. ^ Star School Award recipient detail 1993-94 school year, Cambridge Elementary School, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 19, 2006. Accessed November 25, 2009.
  8. ^ Star School Award recipient detail 1993-94 school year, Dayton Elementary School, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 19, 2006. Accessed November 25, 2009.
  9. ^ Star School Award recipient detail 1993-94 school year, Indian Fields Elementary School, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 19, 2006. Accessed November 25, 2009.
  10. ^ Star School Award recipient detail 1998-99 school year, Monmouth Junction Elementary School, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 19, 2006. Accessed November 25, 2009.
  11. ^ Star School Award recipient detail 2000-01 school year, South Brunswick High School, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 19, 2006. Accessed November 25, 2009.
  12. ^ McGreevey Celebrates Schools that are "Getting it Right": Schools of Excellence Winners Demonstrate Effectiveness of Governor’s Education Priorities, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated November 211, 2003. Accessed December 15, 2009.
  13. ^ Data for the South Brunswick Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 27, 2011.
  14. ^ District Leadership, South Brunswick School District. Accessed November 27, 2011.
  15. ^ Middlesex County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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