Carteret School District
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599 Roosevelt Avenue Carteret, NJ 07008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grades | pre-K to 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Kevin W. Ahearn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Nilkanth Patel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enrollment | 3,626 (as of 2011-12)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 268.0 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student-teacher ratio | 13.53:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District Factor Group | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Carteret School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Carteret, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 3,626 students and 268.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.53:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-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]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5][6]
- Elementary schools
- Columbus School[7] (598 students; in grades PreK-5)
- Nathan Hale School[8] (537; PreK-5)
- Private Nicholas Minue School[9] (636; PreK-5)
- Middle school
- Carteret Middle School[10] for grades 6-8 (864)
- High school
- Carteret High School[11] for grades 9-12 (991)
- Lamont Repollet - Principal
- Nicholas Sysock - Vice Principal. Sysock was suspended without pay in October 2012 after being charged with possession of child pornography.[12]
- Langston Hughes - Vice Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[13][14]
- Kevin Ahearn - Superintendent of Schools
- Nilkanth Patel - Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
- 1 2 District information for Carteret School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 11, 2015.
- ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 11, 2015.
- ↑ School Data for the Carteret School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 11, 2015.
- ↑ Our Schools, Carteret School District. Accessed January 11, 2015.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Carteret School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 11, 2015.
- ↑ Columbus School, Carteret School District. Accessed January 11, 2015.
- ↑ Nathan Hale School, Carteret School District. Accessed January 11, 2015.
- ↑ Private Nicholas Minue School, Carteret School District. Accessed January 11, 2015.
- ↑ Carteret Middle School, Carteret School District. Accessed January 11, 2015.
- ↑ Carteret High School, Carteret School District. Accessed January 11, 2015.
- ↑ Makin, Cheryl. "Carteret High School Vice Principal Nicholas Sysock of Rahway was arrested on child pornography charges Tuesday", Courier News, October 24, 2012. Accessed November 8, 2012. "Shock and dismay continues to rock the community in the wake of Carteret High School Vice Principal Nicholas G. Sysock’s arrest on child pornography charges.... Ahearn said that as a result of the arrest and formal charges, Sysock has been suspended without pay or benefits immediately."
- ↑ District Contacts, Carteret School District. Accessed January 11, 2015.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Middlesex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 11, 2015.
External links
- Carteret School District
- Carteret School District's 2014–15 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Carteret School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°35′01″N 74°13′07″W / 40.583577°N 74.218716°W