Rahul Sharma (Editor)

Phillipsburg School District

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Grades
  
K-12

Business administrator
  
Staci L. Horne

Enrollment
  
3,667 (as of 2012-13)

Number of students
  
3,667 (2012–2013)

Faculty
  
329.3

Superintendent
  
George M. Chando

Affiliation(s)
  
Former Abbott district

Student-teacher ratio
  
11.13:1

Schools
  
7

Phillipsburg School District wwwpburgsdnetcmslib04NJ01001118CentricityTe

The Phillipsburg School District is a comprehensive public school district in Phillipsburg, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from a population of 16,000 people and an area of 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2) in Phillipsburg and other neighboring communities along the Delaware River. The district is one of 31 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.

Contents

Map of Phillipsburg School District, NJ 08865, USA

As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's seven schools had an enrollment of 3,667 students and 329.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.13:1.

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.

The district's high school serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg and from five sending communities at the secondary level: Alpha, Bloomsbury (in Hunterdon County), Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2012-13 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Early childhood
  • Early Childhood Learning Center (Grades PreK-K, 555 students)
    • Elementary schools
  • Barber School (1&2, 204)
  • Freeman School (1&2, 214)
  • Andover-Morris School (3-5, 245)
  • Green Street School (3-5, 334)
    • Middle school
  • Phillipsburg Middle School (6-8, 577)
    • High schools
  • Phillipsburg High School (9-12, 1,588). The Phillipsburg High School Stateliners have an athletic rivalry with neighboring Easton, Pennsylvania's Easton Area High School, which celebrated its 100th anniversary game on Thanksgiving Day 2006. In 2009, the 1993 teams from the Easton P-Burg Game met again for the Gatorade REPLAY Game to resolve the game, which ended in a 7-7 tie, with more than 13,000 fans watching as Phillipsburg won by a score of 27-12.
  • Phillipsburg Alternative Secondary High School, which serves at-risk students in a more relaxed environment with small class sizes and individualized instruction that is designed to help students succeed (6-12)

    • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • George M. Chando, Superintendent
  • William A. Bauer, Business Administrator/Board Secretary

    • References

    Phillipsburg School District Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA