Piscataway Township Schools

Piscataway Township Schools
1515 Stelton Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
District information
Grades pre-K to 12
Superintendent Teresa M. Rafferty
Business administrator David Oliveira
Schools 10
Students and staff
Enrollment 7,287 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 516.2 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 14.12:1
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website www.piscatawayschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,5949$18,891-17.5%
1Budgetary Cost12,6531614,783-14.4%
2Classroom Instruction8,016238,763-8.5%
6Support Services1,811212,392-24.3%
8Administrative Cost1,162101,485-21.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,437271,783-19.4%
13Extracurricular Activities20233268-24.6%
16Median Teacher Salary75,3379064,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Piscataway Township Schools are a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Piscataway Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. In addition to its high school, there are four schools for K-3, two intermediate schools serving grades 4-5, and three middle schools for students in grades 6-8. As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's 10 schools had an enrollment of 7,287 students and 516.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.12:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.[3]

Awards and recognition

For the 1999-2000 school year, Conackamack Middle School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[4]

The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2005" by the American Music Conference.[5]

NAMM named the district in its 2009 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 124 school districts nationwide.[6]

Piscataway High School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10]

Elementary schools (PreK/K-3)
Intermediate schools (4-5)
Middle schools (6-8)
High school (9-12)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[21][22]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Piscataway Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
  5. ↑ Best 100 (101!) Communities for Music Education in America, 2005. Accessed December 12, 2006.
  6. ↑ "Nationwide Survey Finds the 'Best Communities for Music Education' in U.S.", NAMM, April 16, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2009.
  7. ↑ McGreevey Celebrates Schools that are "Getting it Right": Schools of Excellence Winners Demonstrate Effectiveness of Governor’s Education Priorities, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated November 211, 2003. Accessed December 15, 2009.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Piscataway Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 25, 2014.
  9. ↑ Schools, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Piscataway Township Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 29, 2013.
  11. ↑ Eisenhower Elementary School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
  12. ↑ Grandview Elementary School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
  13. ↑ Knollwood Elementary School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
  14. ↑ Randolphville Elementary School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
  15. ↑ Arbor Intermediate School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
  16. ↑ Martin Luther King Intermediate School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
  17. ↑ Conackamack Middle School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
  18. ↑ Quibbletown Middle School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
  19. ↑ Theodore Schor Middle School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
  20. ↑ Piscataway Township High School, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed September 29, 2013.
  21. ↑ District Administration, Piscataway Township Schools. Accessed March 22, 2015.
  22. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Middlesex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 25, 2014.

Coordinates: 40°32′21″N 74°28′17″W / 40.539249°N 74.471474°W / 40.539249; -74.471474

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