South Plainfield Public Schools

South Plainfield Public Schools
Address
125 Jackson Avenue
South Plainfield
, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 07080
United States
Coordinates40°34′19″N 74°25′02″W / 40.572002°N 74.417098°W / 40.572002; -74.417098
District information
GradesPreK to 12
SuperintendentNoreen Tansey Lishak
Business administratorAlex Benanti
Schools7
Students and staff
Enrollment3,400 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty304.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupFG
Websitespboe.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,89422$18,891−10.6%
1Budgetary Cost13,0432014,783−11.8%
2Classroom Instruction7,835248,763−10.6%
6Support Services1,985272,392−17.0%
8Administrative Cost1,530361,4853.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,21841,783−31.7%
13Extracurricular Activities3783126841.0%
16Median Teacher Salary63,5473664,043
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 South Plainfield Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district, for South Plainfield, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.[3]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising seven schools, had an enrollment of 3,400 students and 304.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for South Plainfield 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. ^ South Plainfield Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, South Plainfield Public Schools. Accessed July 7, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the South Plainfield School District. Composition: The South Plainfield School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of South Plainfield in the County of Middlesex."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 3, 2019.