Jamesburg Public Schools

Jamesburg Public Schools
Address
Augusta Street
Jamesburg
, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 08831
United States
Coordinates40°21′12″N 74°26′13″W / 40.353256°N 74.436997°W / 40.353256; -74.436997
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentGina Villani
Business administratorAtilla Sabahoglu
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment664 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty64.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.jamesburg.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,91711$18,891−15.7%
1Budgetary Cost8,168114,159−42.3%
2Classroom Instruction5,73118,659−33.8%
6Support Services72212,167−66.7%
8Administrative Cost99111,547−35.9%
10Operations & Maintenance71421,612−55.7%
13Extracurricular Activities101104−90.4%
16Median Teacher Salary54,4791361,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Jamesburg Public Schools are a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Jamesburg, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 664 students and 64.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1.[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.[4]

Since the 1979-80 school year, Jamesburg's high school students have attended Monroe Township High School in Monroe Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Monroe Township School District.[5][6] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 2,474 students and 184.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Jamesburg Public 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. ^ Jamesburg Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Jamesburg Public Schools. Accessed May 1, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Jamesburg School District. Composition: The Jamesburg School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Jamesburg."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 12, 2014.
  5. ^ Monroe Township High School 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived December 13, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 12, 2017. "Monroe Township High School is centrally located within a forty-three square mile suburban community in Southern Middlesex County. Originally opened on Perrineville Road in 1973, the high school became a receiving school for approximately 300 high school age students from neighboring Jamesburg in 1980."
  6. ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "A Townful of Empty Nesters", The New York Times, October 14, 2007. Accessed August 8, 2008. "In addition to the four elementary schools, the Applegarth Middle School teaches Grades 7 and 8, and the 1,400-student Monroe Township High School covers Grades 9 through 12. It is shared with the borough of Jamesburg, the 'hole in the doughnut' municipality in the center of the township."
  7. ^ School data for Monroe Township High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.