Elizabeth Public Schools

Elizabeth Public Schools
Address
500 North Broad Street
Elizabeth
, Union County, New Jersey, 07208
United States
Coordinates40°39′49″N 74°12′41″W / 40.663509°N 74.21151°W / 40.663509; -74.21151
District information
Motto"Every Child, Achieving Excellence"
GradesPreK-12
PresidentIliana Chevres
Vice-presidentCharlene Bathelus Dorgely
SuperintendentOlga Hugelmeyer
Business administratorHarold Kennedy
Schools36
Affiliation(s)Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment28,712 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty2,173.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.2:1[1]
ColorsGold  
Navy Blue  
Other information
District Factor GroupA
Websitewww.epsnj.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$21,72288$18,89115.0%
1Budgetary Cost17,4449514,78318.0%
2Classroom Instruction10,704978,76322.1%
6Support Services2,620772,3929.5%
8Administrative Cost1,470561,485−1.0%
10Operations & Maintenance2,396921,78334.4%
13Extracurricular Activities17622268−34.3%
16Median Teacher Salary76,5589464,043
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

Elizabeth Public Schools is a public school district in Elizabeth, in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke[3] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[4][5] The district was the third largest in New Jersey in 2022,[6] with a culturally diverse student body coming from 50 countries and speaking more than 37 languages.[7]

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising 36 schools, had an enrollment of 28,712 students and 2,173.0 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 "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.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Elizabeth Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ What We Do: History, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v. Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."
  4. ^ What We Do, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  5. ^ SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  6. ^ Largest School Districts in New Jersey, Niche. Accessed February 25, 2022.
  7. ^ About Elizabeth, NJ, Elizabeth Public Schools. Accessed September 28, 2014.
  8. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 28, 2014.