Trenton Public Schools

Trenton Public Schools
Superintendent: Rodney Lofton
Business Administrator: Jayne Howard
Address: 108 North Clinton Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08609
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 21
Enrollment: 11,449 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 762.0
Student–teacher ratio: 15.0
District Factor Group: A
Web site: http://www.trenton.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $16,532 95 $13,632 21.3%
2 Classroom Instruction 8,751 78 8,035 8.9%
6 Support Services 2,867 93 2,166 32.4%
8 Administrative Cost 1,631 94 1,379 18.3%
10 Operations & Maintenance 2,729 105 1,674 63.0%
13 Extracurricular Activities 145 14 258 -43.8%
16 Median Teacher Salary 77,751 105 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

The Trenton Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Trenton, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The district has twenty-one elementary schools, two middle schools and five high school programs. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.[3]

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's 21 schools had an enrollment of 11,449 students and 762.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.0.[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]

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Awards and recognition

Washington Elementary 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.[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:

Elementary Schools

Middle Schools (6-8)

High schools (9-12)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7][8]

School Board Members:

Members of the school district's Board of education are:[9]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Trenton 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. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Data for the Trenton Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 13, 2009.
  7. ^ Administration, Trenton Public Schools. Accessed March 15, 2008.
  8. ^ Mercer County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  9. ^ Trenton Board of Education, Trenton Public Schools. Accessed March 15, 2008.

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