Margate City Schools
| Margate City Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Dr. Theresa DeFranco | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Susan Palaia | ||||
| Address: | 8103 Winchester Avenue Margate City, NJ 08402 | ||||
| Grade Range: | K-8 | ||||
| School facilities: | 3 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 641 (as of 2010-11)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 48.7 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 13.16 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | DE | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.margateschools.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending | Rank (*) | K-8 Average | %± vs. Average |
| 1A | Total Spending | $24,179 | 65 | $18,047 | 34.0% |
| 1 | Budgetary Cost | 19,313 | 65 | 13,631 | 41.7% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 11,015 | 62 | 8,361 | 31.7% |
| 6 | Support Services | 3,351 | 63 | 2,055 | 63.1% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,805 | 54 | 1,497 | 20.6% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 2,843 | 65 | 1,539 | 84.7% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 123 | 34 | 98 | 25.5% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 86,202 | 64 | 60,112 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2013 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=65 | |||||
The Margate City Schools are a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Margate City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. Students from Longport Borough, a non-operating school district, jointly attend the district's schools.[3][4]
As of the 2010-11 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 641 students and 48.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.16.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth 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]
For grades 9 - 12, public school students from Margate and Longport attend Atlantic City High School in Atlantic City, which also serves students from Brigantine and Ventnor City who attend the school as part of sending/receiving relationships.[6]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2010-11 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]
- Elementary Schools
- William H. Ross III Elementary School (grades K-4; 267 students)
- John DiNicola, Principal[9]
- Middle School
- Eugene A. Tighe Middle School (grades 5-8; 247 students)
- Michelle C. Carney-Ray, Principal[9]
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]
- Dr. Theresa DeFranco, Superintendent of Schools
- Susan E. Palaia, Board Secretary and School Business Administrator
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for the Margate City Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 17, 2013.
- ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ↑ About Margate and the School District, Margate City School District, Accessed May 23, 2011. "The City of Margate School District is a Type I District providing a full range of educational services appropriate to grade levels K through 8 in the City of Margate and the adjoining Borough of Longport, including special education for handicapped youngsters."
- ↑ 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed December 25, 2009.
- ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ↑ Hartgrove, Alicia. Atlantic City High School, South Jersey magazine. Accessed May 23, 2011. "Atlantic City High School welcomes students from five popular Jersey shore cities: Atlantic City, Brigantine, Longport, Margate, and Ventnor."
- ↑ Data for the Margate City Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 23, 2011.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Margate City Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 17, 2013.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Board and District Administration and Staff, Margate School District. Accessed May 23, 2011.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 17, 2013.
External links
- Margate City Schools
- Margate City Schools's 2010–11 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Margate City Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- Atlantic City High School
Coordinates: 39°19′52″N 74°30′08″W / 39.331126°N 74.5021°W
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