Palmyra Public Schools

Palmyra Public Schools
Address
301 Delaware Avenue Palmyra, NJ 08065 United States
Coordinates	40°00′13″N75°01′40″W / 40.003684°N 75.027719°W / 40.003684; -75.027719 Coordinates: 40°00′13″N75°01′40″W / 40.003684°N 75.027719°W / 40.003684; -75.027719
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Brian J. McBride
Business administrator	William R. Blatchley
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	953 (as of 2018–19) [1]
Faculty	79.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.1:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,416 21 $18,891 −7.8% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,216 15 14,783 −10.6% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,599 16 8,763 −13.3% 6 Support Services 1,925 21 2,392 −19.5% 8 Administrative Cost 1,392 5 1,485 −6.3% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,598 25 1,783 −10.4% 13 Extracurricular Activities 674 47 268 151.5% 16 Median Teacher Salary 58,165 20 64,043 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 serves 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 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 953 students and 79.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1. ^[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 2018–19 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[6] ) are: ^{[7] [8]}

Elementary school

• Charles Street Elementary School ^[9] with 457 students in grades PreK-6
  • Christopher Tracey, Principal ^[10]

Middle / High school

• Palmyra Middle School ^[11] / Palmyra High School ^[12] with 468 students in grades 7-12
  • Lisa Sabo, High School Principal ^[13]
  • Kenneth Holloway, Middle School Principal ^[13]
  • Jared Toscano, Assistant Principal ^[13]

In 1948, during de jure educational segregation in the United States, the district had children of all races attend the same school, but then grouped all of the black children in the same class with a black teacher. ^[14]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[15] [16]}

• Brian J. McBride, Superintendent
• William Blatchley, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, with nine members, sets policy and oversees 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 2012) as part of the November general election. ^{[17] [18]} The board also includes one representative from Beverly and one from Riverton. ^[19]

References

1. District information for Palmyra Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Administration Archived 2016-11-18 at the Wayback Machine , Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed January 11, 2017. "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."
4. High School Sending Districts, Burlington County Library System, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2009. Accessed January 11, 2017.
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 April 1, 2020.
7. 2018-2019 Public Schools Directory, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed April 19, 2020.
8. New Jersey School Directory for the Palmyra Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
9. Charles Street Elementary School, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed April 29, 2020.
10. 2019-2020 Student Handbook, Charles Street School. Accessed April 29, 2020.
11. Palmyra Middle School, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed April 29, 2020.
12. Palmyra High School, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed April 29, 2020.
13. 2019-2020 Student Handbook, Palmyra High School. Accessed April 29, 2020.
14. Jensen, Noma (Winter 1948). "A Survey of Segregation Practices in the New Jersey School System". The Journal of Negro Education . Journal of Negro Education. 17 (1): 84–88. JSTOR   2966093. - CITED: p. 85.
15. Administration, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed April 29, 2020.
16. New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
17. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
18. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Palmyra Borough School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed March 1, 2020. "The School District is a Type II district located in the County of Burlington, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education (the 'Board'). The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three member's terms expire each year.... The purpose of the School District is to educate students from Palmyra Borough in grades Pre-K through 12 at its three schools. In addition, high school students from the City of Beverly and the Borough of Riverton attend Palmyra High School."
19. Board of Education Members, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed April 29, 2020.

External links

• Palmyra Public Schools
• School Performance Reports for the Palmyra Public Schools , New Jersey Department of Education
• Palmyra Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics