Estell Manor School District

Estell Manor School District
128 Cape May Avenue
Estell Manor, NJ 08319
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Robert Garguilo
Business administrator Ab Vallese (interim)
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 253 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 14.0 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 18.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website District website
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,74129$18,891-6.1%
1Budgetary Cost14,4522714,1592.1%
2Classroom Instruction7,658138,659-11.6%
6Support Services2,696472,16724.4%
8Administrative Cost1,732431,54712.0%
10Operations & Maintenance2,198511,61236.4%
13Extracurricular Activities10024104-3.8%
16Median Teacher Salary57,6973561,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

Estell Manor School District is a community public school district in Estell Manor, New Jersey, United States, serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 253 students and 14.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 18.1:1.[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.[3]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Buena Regional High School, which serves students from Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township, together with students from Estell Manor City and Weymouth Township who attend the school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Buena Regional School District.[4][5] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 678 students and 57.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[6]

City public school students are also eligible to attend the Atlantic County Institute of Technology in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township[7] or the Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts, located in Somers Point.[8]

In 2013-2016, under Superintendent Noëlle Jacquelin, the district had a 0% tax increase for three consecutive years.[9] Voters passed a multimillion-dollar building project referendum, and the district was awarded an $800,000 grant from the New Jersey Schools Development Authority to cover project costs.[10]

Awards and recognition

Estelle Manor School was named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve, in the 1994-95 school year[11]

The district received "High Achieving" district status during the New Jersey Department of Education's QSAC evaluation.

Schools

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Estell Manor City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ Buena Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 18, 2017. "Buena Regional School District is a comprehensive, regional public school district. The District's three elementary and middle school serve students from Buena Vista Township and Buena Borough. The District's high school serves students from Buena Vista Township and Buena Borough, along with students from the neighboring municipalities of Estell Manor and Weymouth Township through a sending/receiving relationship."
  5. ↑ Administration, Buena Regional School District. Accessed November 27, 2014. "Students from Weymouth and Estell Manor join students from Buena Vista Township, Buena Borough."
  6. ↑ School data for Buena Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ Frequently Asked Questions, Atlantic County Institute of Technology. Accessed May 17, 2017. "What does it cost to attend ACIT? As a public school, there is no cost to Atlantic County residents of high school age. New Jersey Title 18A:54-20.1 entitles students the right to choose ACIT for their high school education."
  8. ↑ Profile, Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts. Accessed May 18, 2017.
  9. ↑ 2016-2017 Public Budget Hearing Presentation, Estell Manor School District. Accessed October 23, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Fiocchi Announces State Grant to Estell Manor School District for Construction Projects", Sam Fiocchi press release, July 29, 2015. Accessed October 23, 2016. "Assembly Republican Sam Fiocchi announced that almost $800,000 has been awarded by the School Development Authority (SDA) to the Estell Manor School District for major construction projects."
  11. ↑ Star School Award recipient detail, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived June 19, 2006. Accessed November 25, 2009.
  12. ↑ School Data for the Estell Manor School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  13. ↑ Staff, Estell Manor School District. Accessed May 18, 2017.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Atlantic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 20, 2014.

Coordinates: 39°22′45″N 74°49′31″W / 39.379093°N 74.825387°W / 39.379093; -74.825387

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