Spotswood Public Schools

Spotswood Public Schools
105 Summerhill Road Spotswood, NJ 08884
District information
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Scott Rocco
Business administrator	Mark Resnick
Schools	4
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,780 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty	146.7 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio	12.13:1
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	www.spotswood.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District Spending Rank (*) K-12 Average %± vs. Average 1A Total Spending $16,785 13 $18,891 -11.1% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,781 12 14,783 -13.5% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,549 15 8,763 -13.9% 6 Support Services 1,992 23 2,392 -16.7% 8 Administrative Cost 1,258 2 1,485 -15.3% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,608 27 1,783 -9.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 358 12 268 33.6% 16 Median Teacher Salary 54,000 9 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

The Spotswood Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Helmetta and Spotswood, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

All public students from Helmetta attend the Spotswood schools^[3] along with students from Milltown who attend Spotswood High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Milltown Public Schools.^[4][5][6]

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,780 students and 146.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.13:1.^[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.^[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[8]) are:^[9][10]

Elementary schools

• G. Austin Schoenly Elementary School^[11] for Pre-K to 1st grade (261 students)
  • Nancy Torchiano - Principal^[12]
• E. Raymond Appleby Elementary School^[13] for grades 2-5 (430)
  • Karen Boyle - Principal^[12]

Middle school

• Spotswood Memorial Middle School^[14] for grades 6-8 (365)
  • Christine Smith - Principal^[12]

High school

• Spotswood High School^[15] for grades 9-12 (724)
  • Thomas Calder - Principal^[12]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[12][16]

• Scott R. Rocco - Superintendent^[17]
• Mark Resnick - Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

1. District information for Spotswood School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 13, 2014.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Donahue, Brian. "State forces school districts to merge; Helmetta district folded into Spotswood school system", Sentinel, July 9, 2009. Accessed August 13, 2014. "State officials last week ordered the consolidation of the Helmetta and Spotswood school districts, a move that some local officials described as abrupt and worrisome.... There will be no change in school attendance as a result of the merger, since Helmetta's 291 K-12 students will continue to be educated in Spotswood's schools."
4. Milltown Fact Sheet, Joyce Kilmer School. Accessed August 13, 2014. "Through a formal send–receive contract, approved by the Department of Education, our high school students are sent on a tuition basis to Spotswood High School."
5. Spotswood High School 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 22, 2015. "Spotswood High School has served the residents of Spotswood, Helmetta, and Milltown since 1976."
6. Welcome, Spotswood High School. Accessed January 19, 2014. "Spotswood High School has served the residents in Spotswood, Helmetta, and Milltown since 1976."
7. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
8. School Data for the Spotswood Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 13, 2014.
9. Schools, Spotswood Public Schools. Accessed August 13, 2014.
10. New Jersey School Directory for the Spotswood Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 13, 2014.
11. G. Austin Schoenly Elementary School, Spotswood Public Schools. Accessed August 13, 2014.
12. District contacts, Spotswood Public Schools. Accessed August 13, 2014.
13. E. Raymond Appleby Elementary School, Spotswood Public Schools. Accessed August 13, 2014.
14. Spotswood Memorial Middle School, Spotswood Public Schools. Accessed August 13, 2014.
15. Spotswood High School, Spotswood Public Schools. Accessed August 13, 2014.
16. New Jersey School Directory for Middlesex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 13, 2014.
17. Welcome to the Spotswood Public Schools New Website, Spotswood Public Schools. Accessed August 13, 2014.

External links

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

Coordinates: 40°23′39″N 74°23′38″W / 40.39413°N 74.393969°W