Gloucester City Public Schools
| Gloucester City Public Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Paul Spaventa | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Margaret McDonnell | ||||
| Address: | 520 Cumberland Street Gloucester City, NJ 08030 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 3 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 2,125 (as of 2007-08)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 200.5 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 10.6 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | B | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.gcsd.k12.nj.us | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $16,046 | 64 | $13,632 | 17.7% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 9,076 | 64 | 8,035 | 13.0% |
| 6 | Support Services | 2,855 | 66 | 2,166 | 31.8% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,470 | 43 | 1,379 | 6.6% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 2,217 | 67 | 1,674 | 32.4% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 362 | 36 | 258 | 40.3% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 51,990 | 17 | 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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Gloucester City Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that is based in Gloucester City, New Jersey, and serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.[3]
Students from Brooklawn attend the district's high school for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[4]
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 2,125 students and 200.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second 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:
- Elementary schools
- Cold Springs Elementary School (PreK-3; 807 students)
- Mary Ethel Costello Elementary School (4-6; 375)
- High schools
- Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School (943)
- Highland Park School: Gloucester City Adult High School
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[7][8]
- Paul Spaventa, Superintendent
- Margaret McDonnell, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the Gloucester 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.
- ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.
- ^ Graham, Kristen A. "BROOKLAWN CONSIDERS FINDING NEW DISTRICT FOR HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 16, 2001. Accessed June 19, 2008. "The tiny Brooklawn system, comprising just over 300 students and one school, sends about 80 ninth through 12th graders to the neighboring Gloucester City district, which has more than 2,000 students and four schools."
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ Data for the Gloucester City Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2009.
- ^ Staff Directory, Gloucester City Public Schools. Accessed December 15, 2009.
- ^ Camden County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Gloucester City Public Schools
- Gloucester City Public Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Gloucester City Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 39°53′43″N 75°07′18″W / 39.895328°N 75.121701°W
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