Margate City Schools

Margate City Schools
Address
8103 Winchester Avenue
Margate City, NJ 08402
United States
Coordinates 39°19′52″N 74°30′08″W / 39.331126°N 74.5021°W / 39.331126; -74.5021Coordinates: 39°19′52″N 74°30′08″W / 39.331126°N 74.5021°W / 39.331126; -74.5021
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent John DiNicola
Business administrator Susan E. Palaia
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 501 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 47.0 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 10.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website www.margateschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$26,06064$18,89137.9%
1Budgetary Cost20,4976414,15944.8%
2Classroom Instruction11,774648,65936.0%
6Support Services3,631622,16767.6%
8Administrative Cost1,841521,54719.0%
10Operations & Maintenance2,954641,61283.3%
13Extracurricular Activities1353510429.8%
16Median Teacher Salary86,5416361,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Margate City Schools are a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Margate City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. Students from Longport Borough, a non-operating school district, jointly attend the district's schools.[3][4]

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 501 students and 47.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.[5]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students from Margate attend Atlantic City High School in Atlantic City, which also serves students from Brigantine and Ventnor City who attend the school as part of sending/receiving relationships.[6][7] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 2,010 students and 200.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.1:1.[8]

As of the 2014-15 school year, public school students from Longport in grades 9-12 attend Ocean City High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Ocean City School District; the Longport district is closer to received permission from the New Jersey Department of Education to end the relationship with Atlantic City.[9][10] As of the 2014-15 school year, Ocean City High School had an enrollment of 1,262 students and 103.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.[11]

Awards and recognition

Eugene A. Tighe Middle School was one of nine public schools recognized in 2017 as Blue Ribbon Schools by the United States Department of Education.[12]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[13]) are:[14]

Elementary school
  • William H. Ross III Elementary School[15] (grades K-4; 228 students)
    • Dr. Michelle Carney Ray-Yoder, Principal[16]
Middle school
  • Eugene A. Tighe Middle School[17] (grades 5-8; 196 students)
    • Audrey Becker, Principal[16]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[16][18]

  • John DiNicola, Superintendent of Schools
  • Susan E. Palaia, Board Secretary and School Business Administrator

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Margate City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ About Margate and the School District Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine., Margate City School District, Accessed May 23, 2011. "The City of Margate School District is a Type I District providing a full range of educational services appropriate to grade levels K through 8 in the City of Margate and the adjoining Borough of Longport, including special education for handicapped youngsters."
  4. ↑ 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed December 25, 2009.
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
  6. ↑ Atlantic City Public School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 26, 2017. "The Atlantic City Public School District is a Pre-K to 12 school district operating Eleven (11) schools. Our Pre-K through 8th grade schools serve Atlantic City, while our high school serves the students of Atlantic City, Ventnor, Brigantine, Margate and Longport. "
  7. ↑ Rotondo, Christie. "Shore towns may pay less as Atlantic City schools slash budgets", The Press of Atlantic City, June 14, 2015. Accessed November 26, 2017. "Over the years, Brigantine, Ventnor, Margate and Longport have criticized the high cost of tuition to send their students to Atlantic City High School."
  8. ↑ School data for Atlantic City High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  9. ↑ https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/09/3780/050.html Ocean City High School 2016 Report Card Narrative], New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 19, 2017. "Ocean City High School is a comprehensive high school serving the communities of Ocean City, Upper Township, Sea Isle City, Corbin City and Longport, with an enrollment of over 1,250 students."
  10. ↑ Bergen, Doug. "Longport Students Will Move to Ocean City High School", OCNJDaily, August 27, 2014. Accessed November 27, 2014. "The Ocean City Board of Education on Wednesday (Aug. 27) voted unanimously to approve an agreement to accept students from Longport at Ocean City High School as part of a new sending district. Ten students from Longport are expected to attend Ocean City High School when the school year starts next week."
  11. ↑ School data for Ocean City High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Nine New Jersey Public Schools Earn National Blue Ribbon Award from the U.S. Department of Education", New Jersey Department of Education, September 28, 2017. Accessed October 18, 2017.
  13. ↑ School Data for the Margate City Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Margate City Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  15. ↑ William H. Ross III Elementary School Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine., Margate City Schools. Accessed May 19, 2017.
  16. 1 2 3 Board and District Administration and Staff, Margate School District. Accessed May 19, 2017.
  17. ↑ Eugene A. Tighe Middle School Archived 2011-04-04 at the Wayback Machine., Margate City Schools. Accessed May 19, 2017.
  18. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Atlantic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
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