Palmyra Public Schools

Palmyra Public Schools
301 Delaware Avenue
Palmyra, NJ 08065
District information
Grades PreK-12
Superintendent Brian J. McBride
Business administrator Todd Reitzel
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 896 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 76.7 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 11.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website http://www.palmyraschools.com
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,41621$18,891-7.8%
1Budgetary Cost13,2161514,783-10.6%
2Classroom Instruction7,599168,763-13.3%
6Support Services1,925212,392-19.5%
8Administrative Cost1,39251,485-6.3%
10Operations & Maintenance1,598251,783-10.4%
13Extracurricular Activities67447268151.5%
16Median Teacher Salary58,1652064,043
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 Palmyra Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that offers a wide range of educational programs for the residents of Palmyra, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Students from Beverly and Riverton attend the district's high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with both districts.[3][4]

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 896 students and 76.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.[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.[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7][8]

Elementary school
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[3][11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Palmyra Public Schools, 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. 1 2 3 4 5 Administration, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed January 11, 20174. "Palmyra Public Schools offers a wide range of educational programs for the residents of Palmyra, Beverly City, and Riverton, New Jersey. These programs include a preschool handicapped program at Delaware Avenue Elementary School, a K-6 elementary program at Charles Street Elementary School, and a 7-12 program at Palmyra High School."
  4. ↑ High School Sending Districts, Burlington County Library System, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2009. Accessed January 11, 2017.
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ School Data for the Palmyra Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ 2016-2017 Public Schools Directory, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed January 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Palmyra Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ Charles Street Elementary School, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed January 11, 2017.
  10. ↑ Palmyra High School, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed January 11, 2017.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 40°00′13″N 75°01′40″W / 40.003684°N 75.027719°W / 40.003684; -75.027719

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