Perth Amboy Public Schools is a community public school district

School district

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 serving students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade, located in the city of Perth Amboy

Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Perth Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The City of Perth Amboy is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 50,814. Perth Amboy is known as the "City by the Bay", referring to Raritan Bay.-Name:The Lenape...

, 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. The district is one of 31 Abbott District

Abbott District

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s statewide.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 10,092 students and 789 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.89.

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 "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.

Schools

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

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) are:

Early Childhood Schools

• Ignacio Cruz School (744)
  • Susan Roque - Principal
  • Maritza Ficarra - Vice Principal

• Edmund Hmieleski Jr. E.C.C. (405)
  • Dr. Jeri Mast - Principal

Elementary Schools (K-4)

• Anthony V. Ceres School (567)
  • Michelle Velez-Jonte - Principal
  • Jose Santos - Vice Principal

• James J. Flynn School (852)
  • Mr. John Cilia - Principal
  • Karen A. Moffatt - Vice Principal

• Edward J. Patten Elementary School (837)
  • Dr. Dulce Rodriguez - Principal
  • Althea Rogers-Baker - Vice Principal

• Dr. Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School (628)
  • Helen Horan - Principal
  • Noemí Natal-Villegas - Vice Principal

• Robert N. Wilentz School (814)
  • Roland Jenkins - Principal
  • Edwin Nieves - Vice Principal

Secondary schools
Middle Schools (5-8)

• Samuel E. Shull Middle School (1,365)
  • Lorraine Morgan - Principal
  • Dr. Alfred E. Cresci, Ed.D. - Vice Principal
  • Brian McGrath - Vice Principal

• William C. McGinnis Middle School
  William C. McGinnis Middle School
  William C. McGinnis Middle School is a four-year public middle school in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Perth Amboy Public Schools. It serves grades 5,6,7, and 8 and is part of Perth Amboy Public Schools....
  
   (1,390)
  • Dr. Myrna E. Garcia, Ed.D. - Principal
  • Sylvia Léon - Vice Principal
  • - Vice Principal

High School (9-12)

• Perth Amboy High School
  Perth Amboy High School
  Perth Amboy High School is a four-year public high school in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States. PAHS, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Perth Amboy Public Schools...
  
   (2,395)
  • Rozalia Czaban - Principal
  • Ronald L. Anderson - Vice Principal
  • Christopher Garrick - Vice Principal
  • Frank Muniz - Vice Principal

Adult School

• Adult School -
  • Dr. Senovia Robles, Ed.D. - Principal/Director

Central administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Janine Walker Caffrey - Superintendent of Schools
• Derek J. Jess - Business Administrator/Board Secretary

External links

• Perth Amboy Public Schools
• Data for the Perth Amboy Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
  National 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...