Paulsboro Public Schools Explained
The Paulsboro Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Paulsboro, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,186 students and 101.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the 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.[2]
Students in ninth through twelfth grades from Greenwich Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Greenwich Township School District.[3] [4] [5]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7] [8] [9] [10]
- Elementary schools
- Billingsport Early Childhood Center[11] with 304 students in grades PreK-2
- Tina Morris, principal[12]
- Loudenslager Elementary School[13] with 351 students in grades 3-6
- Matthew J. Browne, principal[14]
- Junior high school
- Paulsboro Junior High School[15] with 131 students in grades 7-8
- Monica Moore-Cook, principal[16]
- High school
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[19] [20]
- Roy J. Dawson III, superintendent[21]
- Anisah Coppin, business administrator and board secretary[22]
Board of education
The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2013) as part of the November general election; a tenth member is appointed to represent the interests of the Greenwich Township district. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.[23] [24] [25]
External links
Notes and References
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3412720&DistrictID=3412720 District information for Paulsboro School District
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/15/4020/000.html Paulsboro Public Schools 2016 Report Card Narrative
- Staff. "Gloucester County municipal snapshots", Courier-Post, February 28, 2008. Accessed December 30, 2014. "Greenwich is Gloucester County's oldest township, incorporated in 1694.... About 650 students attend Greenwich's two local schools, the Broad Street School and the Nehaunsey Middle School. High school students attend Paulsboro High School."
- Rickford, Russell J. "Greenwich And Paulsboro Discuss Possible Future Regionalization" (Archive), The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 10, 1997. Accessed December 30, 2014. "School officials in the neighboring towns of Greenwich and Paulsboro have met to discuss ways that the two districts might ultimately transform their sending-receiving relationship and possibly merge to form a regional high school.... David Salvatore, the Greenwich school board president, said he was hoping for a change that might 'bridge the gap from grade school to high school' for Greenwich youngsters, many of whom go from eighth grade in Greenwich to ninth grade in Paulsboro."
- http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412720 School Data for the Paulsboro Public Schools
- https://www.paulsboro.k12.nj.us/about About
- https://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/DocumentCenter/View/12267/GCPSD-revisions-for-2023-2024 2023-24 Gloucester County Office of Education Public School Directory
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/15/4020 School Performance Reports for the Paulsboro School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4020 New Jersey School Directory for the Paulsboro Public Schools
- https://billingsport.paulsboro.k12.nj.us/ Billingsport Elementary School
- https://billingsport.paulsboro.k12.nj.us/principalcorner Principal's Corner
- http://loudenslager.paulsboro.k12.nj.us/ Loudenslager Elementary School
- https://loudenslager.paulsboro.k12.nj.us/principal Principal's Corner
- https://pjhs.paulsboro.k12.nj.us/ Paulsboro Junior High School
- https://pjhs.paulsboro.k12.nj.us/principal Principal's Corner
- https://phs.paulsboro.k12.nj.us/ Paulsboro High School
- https://phs.paulsboro.k12.nj.us/principal Principal's Corner
- https://www.paulsboro.k12.nj.us/staff Our Staff
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/gloucester New Jersey School Directory for Gloucester County
- https://www.paulsboro.k12.nj.us/superintendent Superintendent of Schools
- https://www.paulsboro.k12.nj.us/businessoffice Business Office
- https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
- https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/21/4020.pdf#page=40 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Paulsboro School District
- https://www.paulsboro.k12.nj.us/boe Board of Education
