School district in Camden County, New Jersey, US
| Pennsauken Public Schools |
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1695 Hylton Road
, Camden County, New Jersey, 08110
United States |
| Coordinates | 39°58′59″N 75°01′43″W / 39.983177°N 75.028535°W / 39.983177; -75.028535 |
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| Grades | PreK to 12 |
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| Superintendent | Ronnie Tarchichi |
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| Business administrator | John Ogunkanmi |
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| Schools | 9 |
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| Enrollment | 4,819 (as of 2019–20)[1] |
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| Faculty | 396.5 FTEs[1] |
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| Student–teacher ratio | 12.2:1[1] |
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| District Factor Group | CD |
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| Website | www.pennsauken.net |
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| Ind. |
Per pupil |
District
spending |
Rank
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K-12
average |
%± vs.
average
| | 1A | Total Spending | $18,644 | 55 | $18,891 | −1.3% | | 1 | Budgetary Cost | 14,178 | 46 | 14,783 | −4.1% | | 2 | Classroom Instruction | 8,565 | 46 | 8,763 | −2.3% | | 6 | Support Services | 1,790 | 19 | 2,392 | −25.2% | | 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,459 | 55 | 1,485 | −1.8% | | 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 2,019 | 84 | 1,783 | 13.2% | | 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 224 | 43 | 268 | −16.4% | | 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 75,154 | 89 | 64,043 | 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 |
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The Pennsauken Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Pennsauken Township, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]
As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprised of nine schools, had an enrollment of 4,819 students and 396.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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]
Students from Merchantville had attended the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship that began in 1972, when the borough's high school was closed.[5] For years, the Merchantville district had sought to end the relationship with the Pennsauken district.[6] In the wake of a 2015 decision by the New Jersey Department of Education, Merchantville students began attending Haddon Heights High School starting in the 2015–2016 school year, as part of a transition that will be fully in place in the 2018–2019 school year.[7][8]
- ^ a b c d District information for Pennsauken Township Board Of Education School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2021.
- ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ^ Pennsauken Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Pennsauken Township Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020. "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 Pennsauken School District. Composition: The Pennsauken School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Pennsauken."
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 14, 2014.
- ^ Florio, Gwen. "Looking Beyond The School Decision Time To Make Up, Officials Say, After A Decade Of Fussing.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 21, 1992. Accessed July 10, 2008. "Ever since its own high school closed in 1972, the Borough of Merchantville has been sending its public school students to Pennsauken High School."
- ^ "Expert report on the Termination of the Sending-receiving Agreement Between the Merchantville School District and the Pennsauken Public Schools", Merchantville School District, March 2013. Accessed December 14, 2014.
- ^ Merchantville School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 1, 2016. "In the Spring of 2015, Merchantville School won a ruling to start a send/receive relationship with Haddon Heights. We continue to work closely with Haddon Heights High School to ensure that our students are well prepared to meet their expectations. We will continue to phase in one grade level at a time into Haddon Heights High School until all high school students are enrolled for the 2018-2019 school year."
- ^ Romalino, Carly Q. "Merchantville students head to Haddon Heights", Courier-Post, April 14, 2015. Accessed June 1, 2016. "An administrative law judge in March ruled in favor of Merchantville's request to end its student send-receive agreement with Pennsauken High School.... Hespe's signature, issued Friday, severs the relationship and allows for Merchantville to establish a five-year sending-receiving agreement with Haddon Heights School District."