South Amboy Public Schools

The South Amboy Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from South Amboy, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

South Amboy Public Schools
Address
240 John Street South Amboy , Middlesex County, New Jersey, 08879 United States
Coordinates	40.481515°N 74.280429°W / 40.481515; -74.280429
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Frederick D. Williams
Business administrator	Peter Frascella
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,100 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	81.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	13.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	sapublicschools.com
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $15,928 7 $18,891 −15.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 11,461 4 14,783 −22.5% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,005 7 8,763 −20.1% 6 Support Services 1,421 3 2,392 −40.6% 8 Administrative Cost 1,510 14 1,485 1.7% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,200 5 1,783 −32.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 262 3 268 −2.2% 16 Median Teacher Salary 63,282 31 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 1,100 students and 81.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education 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.^[4]

Awards and recognition

The NAMM Foundation named the district in its 2008 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 110 school districts nationwide.^[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[6]) are:^[7][8][9]

• South Amboy Elementary School^[10] with 514 students in grades PreK-5
• South Amboy Middle High School^[11] with 559 students in grades 6-12

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[12][13]

• Frederick D. Williams, superintendent
• Peter Frascella, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, composed of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2014) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[14][15][16]