Carteret School District
| Carteret School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Kevin W. Ahearn | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Nilkanth Patel | ||||
| Address: | 599 Roosevelt Avenue Carteret, NJ 07008 | ||||
| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 5 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 3,926 (as of 2010-11)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 272.5 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 14.55:1 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | B | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.carteretschools.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending | Rank (*) | K-12 Average | %± vs. Average |
| 1 | Budgetary Cost | 10,967 | 6 | 13,632 | -19.5% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 6,886 | 9 | 8,035 | -14.3% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,482 | 16 | 2,166 | -31.6% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,207 | 26 | 1,379 | -12.5% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,155 | 9 | 1,674 | -31.0% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 180 | 24 | 258 | -30.2% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 50,320 | 6 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105 | |||||
The Carteret School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Carteret, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 3,926 students and 272.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.55:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second 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.[3]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2010-11 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:
- Elementary Schools (K-5)
- Columbus School (661 students)
- Nathan Hale School (630)
- Private Nicholas Minue School (530)
- Middle School
- Carteret Middle School for grades 6-8 (819)
- High School
- Carteret High School for grades 9-12 (1,039)
- Lamont Repollet - Principal
- Nicholas Sysock - Vice Principal. Sysock was suspended without pay in October 2012 after being charged with possession of child pornography.[5]
- Langston Hughes - Vice Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[6][7]
- Kevin Ahearn - Superintendent of Schools
- Nilkanth Patel - Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for the Carteret Borough School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 8, 2012.
- ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ↑ Data for the Carteret School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 8, 2012.
- ↑ Makin, Cheryl. "Carteret High School Vice Principal Nicholas Sysock of Rahway was arrested on child pornography charges Tuesday", Courier News, October 24, 2012. Accessed November 8, 2012. "Shock and dismay continues to rock the community in the wake of Carteret High School Vice Principal Nicholas G. Sysock’s arrest on child pornography charges.... Ahearn said that as a result of the arrest and formal charges, Sysock has been suspended without pay or benefits immediately."
- ↑ District Contacts, Carteret School District. Accessed November 8, 2012.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 8, 2012.
External links
- Carteret School District
- Carteret School District's 2010–11 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Carteret School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°35′01″N 74°13′07″W / 40.583577°N 74.218716°W
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