Mercer County Special Services School District Explained

Mercer County Special Services District
Superintendent:	Matthew C Carey,
Businessadmin:	Deborah Donnelly
Address:	1020 Old Trenton Road
City:	Hamilton Township
County:	Mercer County
State:	New Jersey
Zipcode:	08690
Grades:	Special svcs.
Schools:	4
Enrollment:	126 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:	75.0 FTEs
Ratio:	1.7:1
Free Label:	District Factor Group

The Mercer County Special Services School District (MCSSSD) is a special education public school district headquartered in Hamilton Township, in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, whose schools offer educational and therapeutic services for students of elementary and high school age from across the county who have emotional of physical disabilities that cannot be addressed by their sending districts. The district was created in November 1977.^[1]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 126 students and 75.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 1.7:1.^[2]

The superintendent for the district is also the superintendent for the Mercer County Technical Schools.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018-19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[3]) are:^{[4] [5]}

• Joseph F. Cappello School^[6] (96; PreK-6)
  • Clara Bigos, principal
• Mercer Elementary School^[7] (191; 3-8)
  • Carline Mirthil, principal

High school

• Mercer High School^[8] (271; 9-12)
  • Brian Kozakowski, principal
• New Jersey Regional Day School at Hamilton^[9] (1; 9-12)
  • Brian Kozakowski, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^{[10] [11]}

• Matthew C. Carey, superintendent
• Deborah Donnelly, business administrator and board secretary

Notes and References

1. http://mercerspecialservices.org/index.php/board-of-education68/our-history131 Our History
2. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3480200&DistrictID=3480200 District information for Mercer County Special Services School District
3. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402740 School Data for the Mercer County Special Services School District
4. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2021-2022/21/3103 School Performance Report for the Mercer County Special Services School District
5. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3103 New Jersey School Directory for the Mercer County Special Services School District
6. https://www.mcsssd.info/jfc-school Joseph F. Cappello School
7. https://www.mcsssd.info/mes-school Mercer Elementary School
8. https://www.mcsssd.info/mhs-school Mercer High School
9. http://mercerspecialservices.org/index.php/ourschools66/our-schools78/nj-regional-day100 New Jersey Regional Day School
10. https://www.mcsssd.info/team-4 District Leadership
11. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/mercer New Jersey School Directory for Mercer County