Atlantic City School District

Atlantic City School District
Address
1300 Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic City
, Atlantic County, New Jersey, 08401
United States
Coordinates39°21′45″N 74°25′37″W / 39.362558°N 74.426895°W / 39.362558; -74.426895
District information
GradesPre-K-12
SuperintendentLa'Quetta Small
Business administratorCeleste Ricketts
Schools11
Students and staff
Enrollment6,553 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty617.3 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupA
Websitewww.acboe.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$25,676103$18,89135.9%
1Budgetary Cost20,72810214,78340.2%
2Classroom Instruction12,5591038,76343.3%
6Support Services3,001912,39225.5%
8Administrative Cost1,666841,48512.2%
10Operations & Maintenance3,1721011,78377.9%
13Extracurricular Activities22744268−15.3%
16Median Teacher Salary76,2309264,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

Atlantic City School District is a comprehensive community public school district in Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.[3]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising 11 schools, had an enrollment of 6,553 students and 617.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6:1.[1]

Students from Brigantine, Longport, Margate City and Ventnor City attend Atlantic City High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts.[4][5]

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.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Atlantic City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Atlantic City Board of Education District Policy: Identification, Atlantic City School District. Accessed July 8, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-K through twelve in the Atlantic City School District. Composition: The Atlantic City School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Atlantic City."
  4. ^ Atlantic City Public School District 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived September 27, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, 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. "
  5. ^ 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."
  6. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 9, 2014.