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Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional
100 Iona Avenue
Penns Grove, NJ 08069
District information
Gradespre-K to 12
SuperintendentDr. Zenaida Cobian (interim)
Business administratorBrian E. Ferguson
Schools5
Students and staff
Enrollment2,312 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty202.0 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio11.45:1
Other information
District Factor GroupA
Websitepgcpschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,47725$18,891−7.5%
1Budgetary Cost13,1562214,783−11.0%
2Classroom Instruction8,173368,763−6.7%
6Support Services1,63882,392−31.5%
8Administrative Cost1,553391,4854.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,590331,783−10.8%
13Extracurricular Activities1941268−27.6%
16Median Teacher Salary61,1102464,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Carneys Point Township and Penns Grove, two communities in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. A majority of students in grades 9-12 from Oldmans Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oldmans Township School District, with the balance attending Woodstown High School in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District.[3][4]

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 2,312 students and 202.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.45:1.[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]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7][8]

Elementary schools
  • Lafayette-Pershing School[9] grades Pre-K to K (368 students)
  • Field Street School[10] grades 1 - 3 (519)
  • Paul W. Carleton School[11] grades 4 and 5 (344)
Middle school
  • Penns Grove Middle School[12] grades 6 - 8 (516)
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14][15]

  • Dr. Zenaida Cobian - Interim Superintendent
  • Brian E. Ferguson - School Business Administrator/Board Secretary

References

  1. ^ a b District information for Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional 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. ^ Bumpus, Robert L. "Salem County Report on Consolidation and Regionalization, Office of the Executive County Superintendent of Salem County, March 15, 2010, available at the website of the Asbury Park Press. Accessed July 5, 2011. "A contiguous elementary district, Oldmans Township, sends its students primarily to Penns Grove High School and a smaller number of students to Woodstown High School."
  4. ^ Oldmans Township School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 1, 2016. "Oldmans sends students in grades 9-12 to the Penns Grove-Carneys Point and Woodstown School Districts, as well as the Academy Programs, and the Salem County Vocational Technical School."
  5. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
  6. ^ School Data for the Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 25, 2014.
  7. ^ Schools, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed July 25, 2014.
  8. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 25, 2014.
  9. ^ Lafayette-Pershing School, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed July 25, 2014.
  10. ^ Field Street School, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed July 25, 2014.
  11. ^ Paul W. Carleton School, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed July 25, 2014.
  12. ^ Penns Grove Middle School, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed July 25, 2014.
  13. ^ Penns Grove High School, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed July 25, 2014.
  14. ^ Administration, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed July 25, 2014.
  15. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Salem County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 25, 2014.

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