Paulsboro Public Schools

Paulsboro Public Schools
Address
662 North Delaware Street Paulsboro , Gloucester County , New Jersey , 08066 United States
Coordinates	39°50′14″N75°14′38″W / 39.83722°N 75.24401°W / 39.83722; -75.24401
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Roy J. Dawson III
Business administrator	Anisah Coppin
Schools	4
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,186 (as of 2020–21) [1]
Faculty	101.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.7:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	A
Website	www.paulsboro.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $19,580 35 $18,891 3.6% 1 Budgetary Cost 15,832 38 14,783 7.1% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,954 37 8,763 2.2% 6 Support Services 2,532 38 2,392 5.9% 8 Administrative Cost 1,826 36 1,485 23.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,833 36 1,783 2.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 666 43 268 148.5% 16 Median Teacher Salary 71,500 46 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 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, comprised of 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. ^[3]

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. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[7] ) are: ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

Elementary schools

• Billingsport Early Childhood Center ^[12] with 304 students in grades PreK-2
  • Tina Morris, principal ^[13]
• Loudenslager Elementary School ^[14] with 351 students in grades 3-6
  • Matthew J. Browne, principal ^[15]

Junior high school

• Paulsboro Junior High School ^[16] with 131 students in grades 7-8
  • Monica Moore-Cook, principal ^[17]

High school

• Paulsboro High School ^[18] with 351 students in grades 9-12
  • Paul Morina, principal ^[19]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[20] [21]}

• Roy J. Dawson III, superintendent ^[22]
• Anisah Coppin, business administrator and board secretary ^[23]

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. ^{[24] [25] [26]}

References

1. District information for Paulsboro School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 30, 2014.
4. Paulsboro Public Schools 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 1, 2017. "The district schools serve just under 1,200 students including high school students from Greenwich Township."
5. 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."
6. 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."
7. School Data for the Paulsboro Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
8. About, Paulsboro Public Schools. Accessed August 24, 2022. "The Paulsboro Public Schools use the Princeton Plan in its three schools. The Billingsport Early Childhood Center serves students pre-kindergarten through second grade. Loudenslager Elementary School educates students in grades three through six. Paulsboro Junior-Senior High School offers a comprehensive program from seventh through twelfth grades."
9. 2023-24 Gloucester County Office of Education Public School Directory, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Accessed February 1, 2024.
10. School Performance Reports for the Paulsboro School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 1, 2024.
11. New Jersey School Directory for the Paulsboro Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
12. Billingsport Elementary School, Paulsboro Public Schools. Accessed August 24, 2022.
13. Principal's Corner, Billingsport Elementary School. Accessed August 24, 2022.
14. Loudenslager Elementary School, Paulsboro Public Schools. Accessed August 24, 2022.
15. Principal's Corner, Loudenslager Elementary School. Accessed August 24, 2022.
16. Paulsboro Junior High School, Paulsboro Public Schools. Accessed August 24, 2022.
17. Principal's Corner, Paulsboro Junior High School. Accessed August 23, 2023.
18. Paulsboro High School, Paulsboro Public Schools. Accessed August 24, 2022.
19. Principal's Corner, Paulsboro High School. Accessed August 24, 2022.
20. Our Staff, Paulsboro Public Schools. Accessed August 24, 2022.
21. New Jersey School Directory for Gloucester County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
22. Superintendent of Schools, Paulsboro Public Schools. Accessed August 24, 2022.
23. Business Office, Paulsboro Public Schools. Accessed August 24, 2022.
24. 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.
25. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Paulsboro School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2021. Accessed August 24, 2022. "The School District is a Type II district located in the County of Gloucester, 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 Superintendent is appointed by the Board to act as executive officer of the School District. The purpose of the School District is to educate students in grades pre-K through 12 at its four schools."
26. Board of Education, Chester School District. Accessed February 12, 2020.

External links

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