Pittsgrove Township School District

Pittsgrove Township School District
Address
1076 Almond Road
Pittsgrove Township
, Salem County, New Jersey, 08318
United States
Coordinates39°33′23″N 75°09′07″W / 39.556451°N 75.151895°W / 39.556451; -75.151895
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentCourtney McNeely
Business administratorDarren Harris
Schools5
Students and staff
Enrollment1,686 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Faculty138.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupCD
Websitewww.pittsgrove.net
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,35119$18,891−8.2%
1Budgetary Cost12,6981114,783−14.1%
2Classroom Instruction6,81868,763−22.2%
6Support Services2,085292,392−12.8%
8Administrative Cost1,700281,48514.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,641311,783−8.0%
13Extracurricular Activities28242685.2%
16Median Teacher Salary61,5502764,043
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

The Pittsgrove Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Pittsgrove Township and Elmer borough, in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 1,686 students and 138.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.[1]

Elmer and Pittsgrove Township students attend school together throughout their education.[4] [5][6] Initially this was done as part of a full sending/receiving relationship from Elmer to Pittsgrove Township.[4] The Elmer School District fully dissolved after the 2016–17 school year[7] and was absorbed by the Pittsgrove Township district, which paid $620,000 to acquire the Elmer School facility.[8]

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.[9]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Pittsgrove Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Board of Education, Pittsgrove Township School District. Accessed March 5, 2023. "Pittsgrove Township School District is comprised of five schools and is located in Salem County in Southern New Jersey. Our student body consists of approximately 2000 students in grades Pre-K through 12."
  4. ^ a b Dailey, Jennifer. "Elmer and Pittsgrove school districts to merge through send and receive agreement", Today's Sunbeam, June 17, 2009. Accessed October 9, 2013. "The Elmer Board of Education voted unanimously during its school board meeting here Tuesday night to merge with Pittsgrove through a full send and receive agreement. The agreement could have Elmer and Pittsgrove students attending school together."
  5. ^ Dunn, Phil. "Pittsgrove Township Board of Education weighing how many choice students it will accept into district", Today's Sunbeam, December 19, 2011. Accessed October 9, 2013. "Brodzik said the 2011 number includes the influx of students they gained from Elmer since the school became part of the Pittsgrove district."
  6. ^ Elmer Elementary School 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 8, 2015. "The Elmer School has been part of the Pittsgrove Township School District for 4 years. Previously the Borough of Elmer's Kindergarten through fourth grade children attended school at the Elmer School while the rest of their students participated in a send/receive agreement with Pittsgrove Township Schools for grades five through twelve. A full send/receive agreement with the Elmer Borough Board of Education was reached for the 2010-2011 school year. All students from both Pittsgrove and Elmer attend school together from preschool through twelfth grade. Elmer Elementary School now houses 200 Pittsgrove and Elmer students in grades one and two."
  7. ^ Education, Elmer Borough. Accessed September 9, 2024. "As of July 31, 2017, there is no longer an Elmer Board of Education."
  8. ^ Gallo, Bill Jr. "Merger means N.J. has one less school district and $2.8M debt was 'forgiven'", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 3, 2017. Accessed September 9, 2024. "As part of the consolidation, Pittsgrove purchased the Elmer School building for $620,000, officials said.... As part of the consolidation approval, it was agreed that the $2.8 million that Elmer schools owed to the state would be forgiven."
  9. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.