Atlantic City School District
| Atlantic City School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Fredrick Nickles | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Lisa Mooney | ||||
| Address: | 1300 Atlantic Avenue Atlantic City, NJ 08401 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 11 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 6,398 (as of 2007-08)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 558.0 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 11.5 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | A | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.acboe.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $17,625 | 100 | $13,632 | 29.3% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 10,491 | 103 | 8,035 | 30.6% |
| 6 | Support Services | 2,249 | 75 | 2,166 | 3.8% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,658 | 98 | 1,379 | 20.2% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 2,722 | 103 | 1,674 | 62.6% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 64,758 | 82 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105 |
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Atlantic City School District is a comprehensive community public school district in Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
The district serves students in Preschool through twelfth grade. Students come from diverse ethnic, academic and economic backgrounds. There are over 2,600 language minority students who speak 34 languages. The student population is 45.1% African Americans; 33.9% Hispanics; 10.1% Caucasians; 10.5% Asian/Pacific Islanders; and .4% American Indian/Alaskans. 81.5% of the students are identified as below poverty level based on the Consolidated Formula Sub-grant Application.[3]
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 6,398 students and 558.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5.[1]
Students from Brigantine, Longport, Margate City and Ventnor City attend Atlantic City High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts.[4]
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 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7]
- Preschool
- Brighton Avenue School (74 students)
- Elementary Schools (K-8)
- Chelsea Heights School (384)
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Complex (564)
- New Jersey Avenue School (302)
- New York Avenue School (486)
- Richmond Avenue School (378)
- Sovereign Avenue School (741)
- Texas Avenue School (478)
- Uptown School Complex (630)
- High School (9-12)
- Atlantic City High School (2,327)
- Other
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[8]
- Fredrick P. Nickles - Superintendent[9]
- Lisa Mooney - Business Administrator
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the Atlantic City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ Atlantic City School District: NJDOE Report Card District Narrative, accessed August 2, 2006
- ^ Atlantic City High School: NJDOE Report Card School Profile, accessed August 2, 2006
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ Data for the Atlantic City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 30, 2009.
- ^ School Directory, Atlantic City School District. Accessed August 1, 2006.
- ^ Atlantic County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
- ^ Fredrick P. Nickles, Superintendent of Schools, accessed August 1, 2006
[edit] External links
- Atlantic City School District Website
- Atlantic City School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Atlantic City School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 39°21′45″N 74°25′37″W / 39.362558°N 74.426895°W
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