Gloucester City Public Schools
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520 Cumberland Street Gloucester City, NJ 08030 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grades | K-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Joseph Rafferty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Margaret McDonnell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Affiliation(s) | Former Abbott district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enrollment | 2,050 (as of 2011-12)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 198.7 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student-teacher ratio | 10.32:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District Factor Group | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gloucester City Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Gloucester City, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide,[3] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[4][5]
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 2,050 students and 198.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.32:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest 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.[6]
Students from Brooklawn attend the district's high school for ninth through twelfth grades as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[7]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are
- Elementary schools
- Cold Springs Elementary School[9] (grades PreK-3; 842 students)
- Karen Kessler, Principal
- Mary Ethel Costello Elementary School[10] (4-6; 374)
- William O'Kane, Principal
- High schools
- Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School[11] (7-12; 834).[12][13]
- Sean Gorman, Principal
- Highland Park School: Gloucester City Adult High School[14]
- Victoria Ernst, Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[15][16]
- Joseph Rafferty, Superintendent
- Margaret McDonnell, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
- 1 2 District information for Gloucester School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ↑ Abbott School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 15, 2016.
- ↑ What are SDA Districts?, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed August 15, 2012. "SDA Districts are 31 special-needs school districts throughout New Jersey. They were formerly known as Abbott Districts, based on the Abbott v. Burke case in which the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts.... The districts were renamed after the elimination of the Abbott designation through passage of the state's new School Funding Formula in January 2008."
- ↑ SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed August 15, 2012.
- ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- ↑ Graham, Kristen A. "BROOKLAWN CONSIDERS FINDING NEW DISTRICT FOR HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 16, 2001. Accessed June 19, 2008. "The tiny Brooklawn system, comprising just over 300 students and one school, sends about 80 ninth through 12th graders to the neighboring Gloucester City district, which has more than 2,000 students and four schools."
- ↑ School Data for the Gloucester City Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- ↑ Cold Springs Elementary School, Gloucester City Public Schools. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- ↑ Mary Ethel Costello Elementary School, Gloucester City Public Schools. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- ↑ Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School, Gloucester City Public Schools. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- ↑ Schools, Gloucester City Public Schools. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Gloucester City Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- ↑ Highland Park School: Gloucester City Adult High School, Gloucester City Public Schools. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- ↑ Board of Education, Gloucester City Public Schools. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 5, 2014.
External links
- Gloucester City Public Schools
- Gloucester City Public Schools's 2014–15 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Gloucester City Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 39°53′43″N 75°07′18″W / 39.895328°N 75.121701°W