The Spotswood Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from Spotswood

Spotswood, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2008, there were 7,880 people, 3,099 households, and 2,163 families residing in the borough. The population density was 3,389.8 people per square mile . There were 3,158 housing units at an average density of 1,358.5 per square mile...

, 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

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, United States

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.

All public students from Helmetta

Helmetta, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,825 people, 746 households, and 495 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,153.6 people per square mile . There were 769 housing units at an average density of 907.5 per square mile...

, a non-operating district, attend the Spotswood schools, along with students from Milltown

Milltown, New Jersey

Milltown is a Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 6,893.Milltown was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on January 29, 1889, from portions of North Brunswick Township, based on the...

 who attend Spotswood High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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 with the Milltown Public Schools

Milltown Public Schools

The Milltown Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Milltown, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States....

. In addition to the five members from Spotswood, a single representative from each of Helmetta and Milltown serve on the district's Board of Education.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,762 students and 147.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0.

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.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:
Elementary Schools

• G. Austin Schoenly School for Pre-K to 1st grade (227 students)
  • Jonathan Cochran - Principal
• E. R. Appleby School for grades 2-5 (465)
  • Karen Boyle - Principal

Middle School

• Memorial Middle School for grades 6-8 (337)
  • Michael Mastroserio - Principal

High School

• Spotswood High School
  Spotswood High School (New Jersey)
  Spotswood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade in Spotswood, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Spotswood Public Schools....
  
   for grades 9-12 (733)
  • Thomas Calder - Principal
  • Scott Horowitz - Assistant Principal / Director of Guidance

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Walter Uszenski - Superintendent
• Tish Spinillo - Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Spotswood Public Schools
• Data for the Spotswood 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...