The Pittsgrove Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district

School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Pittsgrove Township

Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey

Pittsgrove Township is a Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 9,393....

, in Salem County

Salem County, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 64,285 people, 24,295 households, and 17,370 families residing in the county. The population density was 190 people per square mile . There were 26,158 housing units at an average density of 77 per square mile...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

.

Students from Elmer

Elmer, New Jersey

Elmer is a Borough in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 1,395, making it the 520th largest city in New Jersey....

 attend the district as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

A sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. This is often done to achieve costs savings in smaller districts or continues after districts have grown as part of a historical relationship...

 with the Elmer School District

Elmer School District

The Elmer School District was a community public school district that served students in kindergarten through fourth grade from the Borough of Elmer in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. The district also operated The Learning Center in Elmer School for infants through PreK-4...

. At a meeting conducted in June 2009, the Elmer Board of Education voted to merge with the Pittsgrove Township School District and would send all of its students as part of the send-receive relationship. The middle school currently houses the Salem County Special Services in formally 5th grade hallway.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,790 students and 144.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...

 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...

 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.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics

The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...

) are:
Elementary Schools

• Norma Elementary School for Preschool-K (168 students)
  • Patricia Gaburo - Principal
  • Georgette Meister - Vice Principal
• Elementary School for Grades 3-5 (441 students; was grades 1-4)
  • Patricia Gaburo - Principal
  • Latifah Potter - Vice Principal

Elmer Elementary (Pittsgrove school as of 2010-11 school year) for grades 1-2

• • Patricia Gaburo - Principal
  • Daniel Bruce - Vice Principal

Middle School

• Pittsgrove Township Middle School for grades 6-8 as of the 2010-11 school year (577 students; formerly grades 5-8)
  • Priscilla Ocasio-Jimenez - Principal
  • Yvette DuBois- Vice Principal

High School

• A.P. Schalick High School for grades 9-12 (604)
  • Donna Meyers- Principal
  • Deborah Morton - Vice Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Henry Bermann, Superintendent
• Suzanne Fox, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Pittsgrove Township School District website
• Data for the Pittsgrove Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
  The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...