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Grades
  
PreK-12

Business administrator
  
Margaret McDonnell

Enrollment
  
2,064 (as of 2014-15)

Number of students
  
2,064

Superintendent
  
Joseph Rafferty

Affiliation(s)
  
Faculty
  
198.0 FTEs

Schools
  
3

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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, 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.

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Map of Gloucester City Public Schools, NJ, USA

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 2,064 students and 198.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1.

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.

Students from Brooklawn attend the district's high school for ninth through twelfth grades as part of a sending/receiving relationship.

Schools

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

Elementary schools
  • Cold Springs Elementary School (888 students in grades PreK-3)
  • Karen Kessler, Principal
  • Mary Ethel Costello Elementary School (387; 4-6)
  • William O'Kane, Principal
  • High schools
  • Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School (789; 7-12)
  • Sean Gorman, Principal
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Joseph Rafferty, Superintendent
  • Margaret McDonnell, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Gloucester City Public Schools Wikipedia


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