Pittsgrove Township School District

Pittsgrove Township School District
Type and location
Grades K-12
Address 1076 Almond Road
Pittsgrove, NJ 08318
District information
Superintendent Henry Bermann
Business administrator Suzanne R. Fox Abdill
Schools 5
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,796 (as of 2012-13)[1]
Faculty 132.9 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.51:1
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website http://www.pittsgrove.net
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$17,35119$18,891-8.2%
1Budgetary Cost12,6981114,783-14.1%
2Classroom Instruction6,81868,763-22.2%
6Support Services2,085292,392-12.8%
8Administrative Cost1,700281,48514.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,641311,783-8.0%
13Extracurricular Activities28242685.2%
16Median Teacher Salary61,5502764,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The Pittsgrove Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Pittsgrove Township and Elmer borough, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 1,796 students and 132.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.51:1.[1]

Students from Elmer attend the district as part of a full sending/receiving relationship in which the former Elmer School is integrated into the district and Elmer and Pittsgrove Township students attend school together throughout their education.[3] [4][5]

The middle school houses the Salem County Special Services School District in what was formerly a fifth grade hallway.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2012-13 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9]

Elementary schools
Middle school
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15][16]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Pittsgrove Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Dailey, Jennifer. "Elmer and Pittsgrove school districts to merge through send and receive agreement", Today's Sunbeam, June 17, 2009. Accessed October 9, 2013. "The Elmer Board of Education voted unanimously during its school board meeting here Tuesday night to merge with Pittsgrove through a full send and receive agreement. The agreement could have Elmer and Pittsgrove students attending school together."
  4. ↑ Dunn, Phil. "Pittsgrove Township Board of Education weighing how many choice students it will accept into district", Today's Sunbeam, December 19, 2011. Accessed October 9, 2013. "Brodzik said the 2011 number includes the influx of students they gained from Elmer since the school became part of the Pittsgrove district."
  5. ↑ Elmer Elementary School 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 8, 2015. "The Elmer School has been part of the Pittsgrove Township School District for 4 years. Previously the Borough of Elmer’s Kindergarten through fourth grade children attended school at the Elmer School while the rest of their students participated in a send/receive agreement with Pittsgrove Township Schools for grades five through twelve. A full send/receive agreement with the Elmer Borough Board of Education was reached for the 2010-2011 school year. All students from both Pittsgrove and Elmer attend school together from preschool through twelfth grade. Elmer Elementary School now houses 200 Pittsgrove and Elmer students in grades one and two."
  6. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Pittsgrove Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ Schools, Pittsgrove Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Pittsgrove Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 8, 2015.
  10. ↑ Norma Elementary School, Pittsgrove Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2015.
  11. ↑ Elmer Elementary School, Pittsgrove Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2015.
  12. ↑ Olivet Elementary School, Pittsgrove Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2015.
  13. ↑ Pittsgrove Township Middle School, Pittsgrove Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2015.
  14. ↑ A.P. Schalick High School, Pittsgrove Township School District. Accessed March 8, 2015.
  15. ↑ District Administration, Pittsgrove Township School District. Accessed March 23, 2015.
  16. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Salem County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 23, 2015.

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Coordinates: 39°33′23″N 75°09′07″W / 39.556451°N 75.151895°W