Jamesburg Public Schools

Jamesburg Public Schools
Augusta Street Jamesburg, NJ 08831
District information
Grades	K-8
Superintendent	Brian Betze
Business administrator	Beth Brooks
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	660 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty	44.9 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio	14.70:1
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	http://www.jamesburg.org
Ind. Per Pupil District Spending Rank (*) K-8 Average %± vs. Average 1A Total Spending $15,917 11 $18,891 -15.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 8,168 1 14,159 -42.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 5,731 1 8,659 -33.8% 6 Support Services 722 1 2,167 -66.7% 8 Administrative Cost 991 1 1,547 -35.9% 10 Operations & Maintenance 714 2 1,612 -55.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 10 1 104 -90.4% 16 Median Teacher Salary 54,479 13 61,136 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, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 660 students and 44.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.70:1.^[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.^[3]

Jamesburg High School, founded in 1905, graduated its last class in June 1979. Jamesburg's high school students now attend Monroe Township High School in Monroe Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Monroe Township School District.^[4][5] With tuition costs at Monroe Township High School rising past $16,000 as the Monroe district has added debt service costs into their tuition charges, the Jamesburg Public Schools is looking for an alternate high school in the area to send students at lower cost, which would have started with the freshman class in 2012-13, though students already enrolled at Monroe Township High School would continue their attendance there until they graduate. The Jamesburg district contacted 18 districts and received interest from high schools in the Freehold Regional High School District, Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District, Old Bridge Township Public Schools, South Amboy Public Schools and the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, which have been sent demographic information in July 2011 about the Jamesburg high school population as part of their review process.^[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[7]) are:^[8][9]

Elementary school

• John F. Kennedy Elementary School^[10] for grades K-5 (471 students)
  • Pamela Hernandez, Principal^[11]

Middle school

• Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School^[12] for grades 6-8 (189 students). The school offers opportunities for middle school students to participate in the National Honor Society, Student Senate, Band, and theme-based research projects.
  • Chad Donahue, Principal^[11]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[11][13]

• Brian Betze, Superintendent^[14]
• Beth Brooks, Business Administrator^[15]

References

1. District information for Jamesburg School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 12, 2014.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 12, 2014.
4. Monroe Township High School 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 20, 2015. "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, our high school became a receiving school for approximately 300 high school age students from neighboring Jamesburg in 1980."
5. 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."
6. Haberstroh, Christina. "Five High Schools Consider taking Jamesburg Students, The Sentinel, July 7, 2011. Accessed JOctober 12, 2014.
7. School Data for the Jamesburg Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 12, 2014.
8. Schools, Jamesburg Public Schools. Accessed October 12, 2014.
9. New Jersey School Directory for the Jamesburg Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 12, 2014.
10. John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Jamesburg Public Schools. Accessed October 12, 2014.
11. Administration, Jamesburg Public Schools. Accessed October 12, 2014.
12. Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School, Jamesburg Public Schools. Accessed October 12, 2014.
13. New Jersey School Directory for Middlesex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 12, 2014.
14. Superintendent of Schools, Jamesburg Public Schools. Accessed October 12, 2014.
15. Business Administrator, Jamesburg Public Schools. Accessed October 12, 2014.

External links

• Jamesburg Public Schools
• Jamesburg Public Schools's 2012–13 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Jamesburg Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics

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