School district in Gloucester County, New Jersey, US
| Paulsboro Public Schools |
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662 North Delaware Street
, Gloucester County, New Jersey, 08066
United States |
| Coordinates | 39°50′14″N 75°14′38″W / 39.83722°N 75.24401°W / 39.83722; -75.24401 |
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| Grades | PreK-12 |
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| Superintendent | Roy J. Dawson III |
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| Business administrator | Anisah Coppin |
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| Schools | 4 |
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| Enrollment | 1,186 (as of 2020–21)[1] |
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| Faculty | 101.0 FTEs[1] |
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| Student–teacher ratio | 11.7:1[1] |
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| District Factor Group | A |
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| Website | www.paulsboro.k12.nj.us |
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| Ind. |
Per pupil |
District
spending |
Rank
(*) |
K-12
average |
%± vs.
average
| | 1A | Total Spending | $19,580 | 35 | $18,891 | 3.6% | | 1 | Budgetary Cost | 15,832 | 38 | 14,783 | 7.1% | | 2 | Classroom Instruction | 8,954 | 37 | 8,763 | 2.2% | | 6 | Support Services | 2,532 | 38 | 2,392 | 5.9% | | 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,826 | 36 | 1,485 | 23.0% | | 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,833 | 36 | 1,783 | 2.8% | | 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 666 | 43 | 268 | 148.5% | | 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 71,500 | 46 | 64,043 | 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 |
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The Paulsboro Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Paulsboro, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,186 students and 101.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.[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.[3]
Students in ninth through twelfth grades from Greenwich Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Greenwich Township School District.[4][5][6]
- ^ a b c d District information for Paulsboro School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
- ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 30, 2014.
- ^ Paulsboro Public Schools 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 1, 2017. "The district schools serve just under 1,200 students including high school students from Greenwich Township."
- ^ Staff. "Gloucester County municipal snapshots", Courier-Post, February 28, 2008. Accessed December 30, 2014. "Greenwich is Gloucester County's oldest township, incorporated in 1694.... About 650 students attend Greenwich's two local schools, the Broad Street School and the Nehaunsey Middle School. High school students attend Paulsboro High School."
- ^ Rickford, Russell J. "Greenwich And Paulsboro Discuss Possible Future Regionalization" (Archive), The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 10, 1997. Accessed December 30, 2014. "School officials in the neighboring towns of Greenwich and Paulsboro have met to discuss ways that the two districts might ultimately transform their sending-receiving relationship and possibly merge to form a regional high school.... David Salvatore, the Greenwich school board president, said he was hoping for a change that might 'bridge the gap from grade school to high school' for Greenwich youngsters, many of whom go from eighth grade in Greenwich to ninth grade in Paulsboro."