The Margate City Schools are a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Margate City

Margate City, New Jersey

Margate City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 6,354.Margate City was originally incorporated as the borough of South Atlantic City by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 7, 1885, 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. Students from Longport Borough

Longport, New Jersey

Longport is a borough in Atlantic County, New Jersey on the Atlantic Ocean shore of Absecon Island. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 895....

, a non-operating school district, jointly attend the district's schools.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 560 students and 52.00 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.77.

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 "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.

For grades 9 - 12, public school students from Margate and Longport attend Atlantic City High School

Atlantic City High School

Atlantic City High School is a four-year public high school located in Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Atlantic City School District. The current school building opened in 1994 and holds approximately 2,500 students...

 in Atlantic City

Atlantic City, New Jersey

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, which also serves students from Brigantine

Brigantine, New Jersey

Brigantine is an island city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 9,450....

 and Ventnor City

Ventnor City, New Jersey

Ventnor City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey on the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 10,650....

 who attend the school as part of sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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s.

Schools

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

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) are:
Elementary Schools

• Union Avenue Elementary School (now defunct; had 196 students in grades PreK-2)
• William H. Ross III Elementary School (now K-4; had 165 in grades 3-5)
  • John DiNicola, Principal

Middle School

• Eugene A. Tighe Middle School (now 5-8; was 198 in grades 6-8)
  • Michelle C. Carney-Ray, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Theresa DeFranco, Superintendent of Schools
• Susan E. Palaia, Board Secretary and School Business Administrator

External links

• Margate City Schools
• Data for the Margate City Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
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• Atlantic City High School