South Amboy Public Schools

South Amboy Public Schools
Address
240 John Street
South Amboy, NJ 08879
United States
Coordinates 40°28′53″N 74°16′50″W / 40.481515°N 74.280429°W / 40.481515; -74.280429Coordinates: 40°28′53″N 74°16′50″W / 40.481515°N 74.280429°W / 40.481515; -74.280429
District information
Grades PreK-12
Superintendent Jorge Diaz
Business administrator Peter Frascella
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,108 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Faculty 84.0 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.2:1
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website http://sapublicschools.com
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,9287$18,891-15.7%
1Budgetary Cost11,461414,783-22.5%
2Classroom Instruction7,00578,763-20.1%
6Support Services1,42132,392-40.6%
8Administrative Cost1,510141,4851.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,20051,783-32.7%
13Extracurricular Activities2623268-2.2%
16Median Teacher Salary63,2823164,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The South Amboy Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from South Amboy, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2015-16 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 1,108 students and 84.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1.[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]

Awards and recognition

NAMM named the district in its 2008 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 110 school districts nationwide.[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2015-16 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:[6]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]

  • Jorge Diaz, Superintendent
  • Peter Frascella, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

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