Absecon Public School District
| Absecon Public School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | James Giaquinto | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Tina Davisson | ||||
| Address: | 800 Irelan Avenue Absecon, NJ 08201 |
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| Grade Range: | K-8 | ||||
| School facilities: | 2 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 816 (as of 2009-10)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 69.00 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 11.83 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | CD | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.abseconschools.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-8 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $11,045 | 15 | $12,420 | -11.1% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 7,297 | 35 | 7,588 | -3.8% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,422 | 22 | 1,771 | -19.7% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,225 | 15 | 1,411 | -13.2% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,040 | 8 | 1,462 | -28.9% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 51 | 16 | 97 | -47.4% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 58,068 | 64 | 54,453 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-8 districts with 751+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=88 |
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The Absecon Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Absecon, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 816 students and 69.00 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.83.[1]
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.[3]
For grades 9-12, public school students from Absecon attend the Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Pleasantville Public Schools, with students also eligible to attend the Atlantic County Institute of Technology and Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts.[4]
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[edit] Schools
Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics.[5]) are:
- Elementary School
- H. Ashton Marsh Elementary School (K-4; 463 students)
- Joseph N. Giardina - Principal
- Middle School
- Emma C. Attales Middle School (5-8; 351 students)
- Andrew Webber - Principal
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[6]
- James A. Giaquinto - Superintendent of Schools[7]
- Tina Davisson - Business Administrator / Board Secretary[8]
[edit] Board of education
- William A. Thompson, III - President
- Thomas J. Grites, Ph.D. - Vice President
- Mike Assad
- Keith Bennett
- Alex Corkhill
- Mary K. Hughes
- William Niederhofer[9]
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the Absecon City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 23, 2011.
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ Prisament, Steve. "Taxes rising as more Absecon students opt for public high school", Shore News Today, March 10, 2011. Accessed May 23, 2011. "'The increase in high school tuition for 2011-'12 is the reason we qualified for a tuition adjustment and is the reason for our 6.1-cent tax increase,' Superintendent James Giaquinto said Monday, March 7. 'We have budgeted $363,000 for Charter Tech, $370,000 for Pleasantville High School and $375,000 for Atlantic County Institute of Technology.'"
- ^ Data for the Absecon Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 23, 2011.
- ^ Atlantic County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
- ^ Superintendent of School Home Page, Absecon Public Schools. Accessed February 24, 2011.
- ^ Business Office Home Page, Absecon Public Schools. Accessed February 24, 2011.
- ^ Absecon Board of Education Members, accessed February 24, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Absecon Public School District Website
- Absecon Public School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Absecon Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 39°26′07″N 74°29′42″W / 39.43514°N 74.49506°W
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