The Absecon Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in Kindergarten

Kindergarten

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 through eighth grade from Absecon

Absecon, New Jersey

Absecon is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 8,411.What is now the City of Absecon was originally incorporated as a town by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 29, 1872, from portions of Egg Harbor...

, in Atlantic County

Atlantic County, New Jersey

-National protected areas:* Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge * Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River -Demographics:...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 816 students and 69.00 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.83.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth 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.

For grades 9-12, public school students from Absecon attend the Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville

Pleasantville, New Jersey

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 as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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 with the Pleasantville Public Schools

Pleasantville Public Schools

The Pleasantville Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from the City of Pleasantville, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States...

, with students also eligible to attend the Atlantic County Institute of Technology

Atlantic County Institute of Technology

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 and Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts

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.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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.) are:
Elementary School

• H. Ashton Marsh Elementary School (K-4; 463 students)
  • Joseph N. Giardina - Principal

Middle School

• Emma C. Attales Middle School (5-8; 351 students)
  • Andrew Webber - Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• James A. Giaquinto - Superintendent of Schools
• Tina Davisson - Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

• William A. Thompson, III - President
• Thomas J. Grites, Ph.D. - Vice President
• Mike Assad
• Keith Bennett
• Alex Corkhill
• Mary K. Hughes
• William Niederhofer

External links

• Absecon Public School District Website
• Data for the Absecon Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics
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