Pennsauken Public Schools

Pennsauken Public Schools
1695 Hylton Road
Pennsauken, NJ 08110
District information
Grades pre-K to 12
Superintendent Dr. James Chapman (interim)
Business administrator John Deserable (interim)
Schools 11
Students and staff
Enrollment 5,402 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 401.6 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.45:1
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website www.pennsauken.net
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$18,64455$18,891-1.3%
1Budgetary Cost14,1784614,783-4.1%
2Classroom Instruction8,565468,763-2.3%
6Support Services1,790192,392-25.2%
8Administrative Cost1,459551,485-1.8%
10Operations & Maintenance2,019841,78313.2%
13Extracurricular Activities22443268-16.4%
16Median Teacher Salary75,1548964,043
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

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, New Jersey, United States.

The Pennsauken Public Schools serve public school students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 5,402 students and 401.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.45:1.[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.[3]

Students from Merchantville attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Merchantville School District that has existed since 1972.[4] The Merchantville district has sought to end the relationship with the Pennsauken district and send its students to Haddon Heights High School.[5]

Governance

In 1996 the district stated that a parent survey on school uniforms showed 68% of respondents favoring them.[6]

Schools

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

Preschool

Baldwin Early Childhood Learning Center[10] for PreK (103 students)

Elementary schools
Middle schools
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[21][22]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Pennsauken Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 14, 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 December 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ 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 December 14, 2014. "Ever since its own high school closed in 1972, the Borough of Merchantville has been sending its public school students to Pennsauken High School."
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ Coulombis, Angela. "Survey Finds Pennsauken Parents Favor Mandatory School Uniforms Sixty-eight Percent Of Households With Elementary School Students Approved." (Archive). Philadelphia Inquirer. October 11, 1996. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Pennsauken Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ Schools, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Pennsauken Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ Baldwin Early Childhood Learning Center, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  11. ↑ Burling Elementary School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  12. ↑ Carson Elementary School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  13. ↑ Delair Elementary School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  14. ↑ George B. Fine Elementary School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  15. ↑ Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  16. ↑ Longfellow Elementary School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  17. ↑ Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  18. ↑ Pennsauken Intermediate School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  19. ↑ Howard M. Phifer Middle School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  20. ↑ Pennsauken High School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  21. ↑ Administration, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed December 14, 2014.
  22. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 14, 2014.

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Coordinates: 39°58′59″N 75°01′43″W / 39.983177°N 75.028535°W / 39.983177; -75.028535

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