South Amboy Public Schools
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The South Amboy Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district
School district
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 that serve students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from South Amboy
South Amboy, New Jersey
South Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, on the Raritan Bay. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city population was 7,913.South Amboy, and Perth Amboy across the Raritan River, are collectively referred to as The Amboys...

, in Middlesex County
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-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 750,162 people, 265,815 households, and 190,855 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,422 people per square mile . There were 273,637 housing units at an average density of 884 per square mile...

, New Jersey
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, United States
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.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 1,119 students and 73.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.3.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
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 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.

Awards and recognition

NAMM named the district in its 2008 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 110 school districts nationwide.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics
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) are:
  • South Amboy Elementary School (PreK-6; 636 students)
  • South Amboy Middle High School
    South Amboy Middle High School
    South Amboy Middle High School is a six-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from South Amboy in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the South Amboy Public Schools....

     (7-12; 483 students)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:
  • Robert N. Sheedy - Superintendent
  • Carolyn Joseph - Business Administrator

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