Piscataway Township Schools
| Piscataway Township Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Robert L. Copeland | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Nicholas Puleio (interim) | ||||
| Address: | 1515 Stelton Road Piscataway, NJ 08854 | ||||
| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 10 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 7,292 (as of 2010-11)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 505.2 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 14.43:1 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | GH | ||||
| Web site: | www.piscatawayschools.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending | Rank (*) | K-12 Average | %± vs. Average |
| 1A | Total Spending | $15,278 | 15 | $18,047 | -15.3% |
| 1 | Budgetary Cost | 12,302 | 17 | 14,519 | -15.3% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 7,644 | 17 | 8,588 | -11.0% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,793 | 26 | 2,338 | -23.3% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,188 | 18 | 1,448 | -18.0% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,462 | 35 | 1,787 | -18.2% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 215 | 45 | 263 | -18.3% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 50,933 | 3 | 62,707 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2013 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=106 | |||||
The Piscataway Township Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Piscataway Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. In addition to its high school, there are four schools for Kindergarten through third grade, two intermediate schools serving grades 4-5, and three middle schools for students in grades six to eight.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the district's 10 schools had an enrollment of 7,292 students and 505.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.43:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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]
Awards and recognition
For the 1999-2000 school year, Conackamack Middle School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[4]
The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2005" by the American Music Conference.[5]
NAMM named the district in its 2009 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 124 school districts nationwide.[6]
Piscataway High 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.[7]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2010-11 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10]
- Elementary schools (PreK/K-3)
- Eisenhower Elementary School[11] 360 Stelton Road - 533 students in K-3
- Grandview Elementary School[12] 130 North Randolphville Road - 732 students in PreK-3
- Knollwood Elementary School[13] 333 Willow Avenue - 513 students in K-3
- Randolphville Elementary School[14] One Suttie Avenue - 553 students in K-3
- Intermediate schools (4-5)
- Martin Luther King Intermediate School[15] 5205 Ludlow Street - 503 students
- Arbor Intermediate School[16] 1717 Lester Place - 536 students
- Middle schools (6-8)
- Conackamack Middle School[17] 5205 Witherspoon Street - 454 students
- Quibbletown Middle School[18] 99 Academy Street - 566 students
- Theodore Schor Middle School[19] 243 North Randolphville Road - 565 students
- High school (9-12)
- Piscataway Township High School[20] 100 Behmer Road - 2,226 students
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[21][22]
- Teresa M. Rafferty, Superintendent
- Nicholas Puleio, Interim Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for the Piscataway Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
- ↑ Best 100 (101!) Communities for Music Education in America, 2005. Accessed December 12, 2006.
- ↑ "Nationwide Survey Finds the 'Best Communities for Music Education' in U.S.", NAMM, April 16, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2009.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ School Data for the Piscataway Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Schools, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Piscataway Township Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Eisenhower Elementary School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Grandview Elementary School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Knollwood Elementary School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Randolphville Elementary School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Martin Luther King Intermediate School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Arbor Intermediate School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Conackamack Middle School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Quibbletown Middle School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Theodore Schor Middle School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ Piscataway Township High School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ District Administration, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 29, 2013.
External links
- Piscataway Township Schools
- Piscataway Township Schools's 2010–11 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Piscataway Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°32′21″N 74°28′17″W / 40.539249°N 74.471474°W
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