Pennsauken Public Schools
| Pennsauken Public Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Dr. James Chapman | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Pasquale "Pat" Yacovelli | ||||
| Address: | 1695 Hylton Road Pennsauken, NJ 08110 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 12 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 5,568 (as of 2007-08)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 343.7 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 16.2 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | CD | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.pennsauken.net | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $14,084 | 73 | $13,632 | 3.3% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 8,678 | 77 | 8,035 | 8.0% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,793 | 42 | 2,166 | -17.2% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,431 | 70 | 1,379 | 3.8% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,880 | 82 | 1,674 | 12.3% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 206 | 39 | 258 | -20.2% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 57,550 | 48 | 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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The Pennsauken Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district serving students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from Pennsauken Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
Students from Merchantville attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[3]
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's 12 schools had an enrollment of 5,568 students and 343.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.2.[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.[4]
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[edit] Schools
Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:
- Pre-School
- Baldwin Early Childhood Learning Center for PreK (91 students)
- Elementary schools (K-4)
- Burling (115)
- Carson (351)
- Delair (366)
- George B. Fine (333)
- Franklin (426)
- Longfellow (252)
- Theodore Roosevelt (206)
- Middle schools (5-8)
- Pennsauken Intermediate School (5&6; 799)
- Howard M. Phifer Middle School (7&8; 905)
- High school (9-12)
- Pennsauken High School (1,724)
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[6][7]
- Dr. James Chapman, Superintendent
- Pasquale "Pat" Yacovelli, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the Pennsauken Township 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.
- ^ Florio, Gwen. "LOOKING BEYOND THE SCHOOL DECISION TIME TO MAKE UP, OFFICIALS SAY, AFTER A DECADE OF FUSSING.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 21, 1992. Accessed July 10, 2008. "Ever since its own high school closed in 1972, the Borough of Merchantville has been sending its public school students to Pennsauken High School."
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ Data for the Pennsauken Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 16, 2009.
- ^ Administration, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed July 18, 2008.
- ^ Camden County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Pennsauken Public Schools
- Pennsauken Public Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Pennsauken Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 39°58′59″N 75°01′43″W / 39.983177°N 75.028535°W
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