Carteret School District
Encyclopedia
The Carteret School District is a comprehensive community public school district
that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Carteret
, in Middlesex County
, New Jersey
, United States
.
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 3,904 students and 221.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.7.
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.
) are:
Elementary Schools (K-5)
Middle School
High School
School district
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that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Carteret
Carteret, New Jersey
Carteret is a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 22,844.Carteret was created as the borough of Roosevelt on 11 April 1906, incorporating Woodbridge Township, and was a result of a referendum on 22 May 1906...
, in Middlesex County
Middlesex County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 750,162 people, 265,815 households, and 190,855 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,422 people per square mile . There were 273,637 housing units at an average density of 884 per square mile...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
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, United States
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.
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 3,904 students and 221.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.7.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...
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.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
) are:
Elementary Schools (K-5)
- Columbus School (685 students)
- Nathan Hale School (583)
- Private Nicholas Minue School (625)
Middle School
- Carteret Middle School for grades 6-8 (872)
High School
- Carteret High SchoolCarteret High SchoolCarteret High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Carteret in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Carteret School District....
for grades 9-12 (1,139)- Lamont Repollet - Principal
- Nicholas Sysock - Vice Principal
- Langston Hughes - Vice Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:- Kevin Ahearn - Superintendent of Schools
- Nilkanth Patel - Business Administrator / Board Secretary
External links
- Carteret School District
- Data for the Carteret School District, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...