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Absecon Public School District

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Grades
  
K-8

Business administrator
  
Tina Davisson

Student-teacher ratio
  
14.9:1

Phone
  
+1 609-641-5375

Schools
  
2

Superintendent
  
Dr. Theresa DeFranco

Enrollment
  
988 (as of 2014-15)

District Factor Group
  
CD

Number of students
  
988 (2014–2015)

Faculty
  
66.3

Address
  
800 Irelan Ave, Absecon, NJ 08201, USA

Similar
  
Emma C Attales Middle Sc, Atlantic City School District, Pleasantv High School, Galloway Township BOE, Clayton J Davenport Elementary

Profiles

The Absecon Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Absecon, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.

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As of the 2014-15 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 988 students and 66.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.9:1.

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.

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students from Absecon attend the Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Pleasantville Public Schools, with students also eligible to attend the Atlantic County Institute of Technology and Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts. As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 746 students and 83.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.9:1.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics.) are:

Elementary school
  • H. Ashton Marsh Elementary School (grades K-4; 459 students)
  • Joseph N. Giardina - Principal
  • Middle school
  • Emma C. Attales Middle School (5-8; 369)
  • Andrew Webber - Principal
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Dr. Theresa DeFranco, Superintendent of Schools
  • Tina Davisson, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • Board of education

  • William A. Thompson III - President
  • Dr. Thomas J. Grites - Vice President
  • Chris Cottrell
  • Keith Bennett
  • Alex Corkhill
  • Stan Kolbe Jr.
  • Gerald Heones
  • References

    Absecon Public School District Wikipedia