Clayton Public Schools
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350 East Clinton Street Clayton, NJ 08312 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grades | K-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Nikolaos Koutsogiannis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Fran Adler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enrollment | 1,469 (as of 2014-15)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 117.0 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student-teacher ratio | 12.6:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District Factor Group | CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | http://www.claytonps.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clayton Public Schools form a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the town of Clayton, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 1,469 students and 117.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1.[1]
Clayton Public Schools are 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]
Clayton Public Schools provides a variety of opportunities for students in academics, co-curricular activities, athletics, communications, technology, fine and performing arts, and school-based student services. Through the Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Grant Initiative, Clayton Schools offers counseling and assistance to students and families by providing an on-site counseling center located in the Herma Simmons Elementary School. The District also offers a School-Based Youth Services Program (SBYSP), Clayton Place, which is housed in its high school/middle school, to provide counseling, tutoring, and recreation activities for students at the secondary level. In addition to a very active and dedicated Home and School Association, Clayton School District has developed strong partnerships with local constituents and recognizes those relationships as vital to its success.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5][6]
- Elementary school
- Herma S. Simmons Elementary School[7] (756 students in grades PreK-5)
- Middle school
- Clayton Middle School[9] (310 students in grades 6-8)
- High School
- Clayton High School[10] (381 students in grades 9-12)
Administration
Core members of Clayton School District's administration are:[8][11]
- Nikolaos Koutsogiannis, Superintendent
- Fran Adler, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
- 1 2 3 4 District information for Clayton Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
- ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
- ↑ School Data for the Clayton Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
- ↑ Our Schools, Clayton Public Schools. Accessed October , 2017.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Clayton Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
- ↑ Herma S. Simmons Elementary School, Clayton Public Schools. Accessed October 9, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 District Administration. Clayton Public Schools. Accessed October 9, 2017.
- ↑ Clayton Middle School, Clayton Public Schools. Accessed October 9, 2017.
- ↑ Clayton High School, Clayton Public Schools. Accessed October 9, 2017.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Gloucester County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
External links
- Clayton Public Schools
- Clayton Public Schools's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Clayton Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 39°39′07″N 75°05′51″W / 39.651807°N 75.097592°W