Asbury Park Public Schools
| Asbury Park Public Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Dr. Denise Lowe | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Corey Lowell | ||||
| Address: | 407 Lake Avenue Asbury Park, NJ 07712 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 5 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 2,214 (as of 2008-09)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 296.5 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 7.5 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | A | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.asburypark.k12.nj.us | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $24,428 | 69 | $13,632 | 79.2% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 14,112 | 70 | 8,035 | 75.6% |
| 6 | Support Services | 4,615 | 69 | 2,166 | 113.1% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,664 | 65 | 1,379 | 20.7% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 3,171 | 69 | 1,674 | 89.4% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 376 | 44 | 258 | 45.7% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 59,390 | 43 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,801-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=70 |
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Asbury Park Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district headquartered in Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States, serving children in prekindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.[3]
Students from Allenhurst and Interlaken attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[4] Students from Deal attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[citation needed]
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 2,214 students and 296.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.5.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest 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]
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[edit] Schools
Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6] are:
- Elementary schools (K-5)
- Barack H. Obama Elementary School (formerly Bangs Avenue School; 444 students)
- Bradley Elementary School (343)
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary School (468)
- Middle schools (6-8)
- High school (9-12)
- Asbury Park High School (490)
In March 2011, the state monitor overseeing the district's finances ordered that Barack Obama Elementary School be closed after the end of the 2010-11 school year, citing a 35% decline in enrollment in the district during the prior 10 years. Students currently attending the school would be reallocated to the district's two other elementary schools, with those going into fifth grade assigned to attend middle school.[7]
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[8][9]
- Dr. Denise Lowe, Superintendent
- Corey Lowell, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
- Dr. Robert McGarry, Director of Curriculum and Instruction
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the Asbury Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 1, 2011.
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 15, 2009. Accessed April 1, 2011.
- ^ 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed December 25, 2009.
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ Data for the Asbury Park Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 1, 2011.
- ^ Shields, Nancy. "State monitor orders Asbury's Barack Obama School closed", Asbury Park Press, March 18, 2011. Accessed April 1, 2011.
- ^ Administration, Asbury Park Public Schools. Accessed April 1, 2011.
- ^ Monmouth County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Asbury Park Public Schools
- Asbury Park Public Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Asbury Park Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°13′00″N 74°00′24″W / 40.216699°N 74.006661°W
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