Palmyra Public Schools

Palmyra Public Schools
301 Delaware Avenue
Palmyra, NJ 08065
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Brian J. McBride
Business administrator William Blatchley
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 955 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 80.4 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 11.88:1
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,41621$18,891-7.8%
1Budgetary Cost13,2161514,783-10.6%
2Classroom Instruction7,599168,763-13.3%
6Support Services1,925212,392-19.5%
8Administrative Cost1,39251,485-6.3%
10Operations & Maintenance1,598251,783-10.4%
13Extracurricular Activities67447268151.5%
16Median Teacher Salary58,1652064,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The Palmyra Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that offers a wide range of educational programs for the residents of Palmyra, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Students from Beverly and Riverton attend the district's high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with both districts.[3][4]

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 955 students and 80.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.88:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7]

Preschool
Elementary school
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[4][11]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Palmyra School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ High School Sending Districts, Burlington County Library System, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2009. Accessed December 11, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Administration, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed December 11, 2014. "Palmyra Public Schools offers a wide range of educational programs for the residents of Palmyra, Beverly City, and Riverton, New Jersey. These programs include a preschool handicapped program at Delaware Avenue Elementary School, a K-6 elementary program at Charles Street Elementary School, and a 7-12 program at Palmyra High School."
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ School Data for the Palmyra Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Palmyra Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 30, 2013.
  8. ↑ Delaware Avenue Elementary School, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed December 11, 2014.
  9. ↑ Charles Street Elementary School, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed December 11, 2014.
  10. ↑ Palmyra High School, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed December 11, 2014.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 11, 2014.

Coordinates: 40°00′13″N 75°01′40″W / 40.003684°N 75.027719°W / 40.003684; -75.027719

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