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Absecon Public School District
800 Irelan Avenue
Absecon, NJ 08201
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentJames Giaquinto
Business administratorTina Davisson
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment825 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty67.0 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio12.31:1
Other information
District Factor GroupCD
Websitehttp://www.abseconschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$14,2976$18,891−24.3%
1Budgetary Cost11,259914,159−20.5%
2Classroom Instruction7,520138,659−13.2%
6Support Services1,33162,167−38.6%
8Administrative Cost1,250111,547−19.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,09761,612−31.9%
13Extracurricular Activities5211104−50.0%
16Median Teacher Salary68,3307461,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

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 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 825 students and 67.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.31:1.[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 ninth through twelfth grades, 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]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics.[5]) are:[6]

Elementary school
  • H. Ashton Marsh Elementary School[7] (K-4; 482 students)
    • Joseph N. Giardina - Principal
Middle school
  • Emma C. Attales Middle School[8] (5-8; 343 students)
    • Andrew Webber - Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9]

  • James A. Giaquinto - Superintendent of Schools[10]
  • Tina Davisson - Business Administrator / Board Secretary[11]

Board of education

  • William A. Thompson, III - President
  • Thomas J. Grites, Ph.D. - Vice President
  • Chris Cottrell
  • Keith Bennett
  • Alex Corkhill
  • Stan Kolbe, Jr.
  • Gerald Heones[12]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Absecon Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 11, 2014.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 9, 2014.
  4. ^ 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.'"
  5. ^ School Data for the Absecon Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 11, 2014.
  6. ^ Our Schools, Absecon School District. Accessed June 11, 2014.
  7. ^ M H. Ashton Marsh Elementary School, Absecon School District. Accessed June 11, 2014.
  8. ^ Emma C. Attales Middle School, Absecon School District. Accessed June 11, 2014.
  9. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Atlantic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
  10. ^ Superintendent of School Home Page, Absecon Public Schools. Accessed February 24, 2011.
  11. ^ Business Office Home Page, Absecon Public Schools. Accessed February 24, 2011.
  12. ^ Board of Education Members, Absecon Public School District. Accessed February 24, 2011.

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