Mercer County Special Services School District

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Mercer County Special Services District
Address
1020 Old Trenton Road
, Mercer County , New Jersey , 08690
Coordinates 40°15′05″N74°39′06″W / 40.251317°N 74.651528°W / 40.251317; -74.651528
District information
GradesSpecial svcs.
SuperintendentMatthew C Carey,
Business administratorDeborah Donnelly
Schools4
Students and staff
Enrollment126 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty75.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio1.7:1 [1]
Other information
Website www.mcsssd.info
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
Special svcs.
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$68,0407$18,891260.2%
1Budgetary Cost60,689757,2526.0%
2Classroom Instruction35,102632,8616.8%
6Support Services14,627711,94522.5%
8Administrative Cost5,75255,7250.5%
10Operations & Maintenance5,13446,215−17.4%
16Median Teacher Salary84,245777,183
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2]
*Of Special svcs. districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=8

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. [3]

Contents

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. [1]

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 [4] ) are: [5] [6]

High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [11] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Mercer County Special Services School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. Our History Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine , Mercer County Special Services District. Accessed January 4, 2015. "The concerns of parents and public school districts for the education of students with serious disabilities were addressed with the establishment of the Mercer County Special Services School District in November 1977."
  4. School Data for the Mercer County Special Services School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 16, 2021.
  5. School Performance Report for the Mercer County Special Services School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2024.
  6. New Jersey School Directory for the Mercer County Special Services School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  7. Joseph F. Cappello School, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed March 18, 2024.
  8. Mercer Elementary School, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed March 18, 2024.
  9. Mercer High School, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed March 18, 2024.
  10. New Jersey Regional Day School Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine , Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed March 16, 2021.
  11. District Leadership, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed March 18, 2024.
  12. New Jersey School Directory for Mercer County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.