Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District

The Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Carneys Point Township and Penns Grove, two communities in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.[3] A majority of students in grades 9-12 from Oldmans Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oldmans Township School District, with the balance attending Woodstown High School in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District.[4][5]

Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional
Address
100 Iona Avenue Penns Grove, NJ 08069 United States
Coordinates	39.721087°N 75.467701°W
District information
Grades	PreK to 12
Superintendent	Dr. Zenaida Cobián
Business administrator	Kenneth H. Verrill
Schools	5
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,185 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	182.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	A
Website	pgcpschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,477 25 $18,891 −7.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,156 22 14,783 −11.0% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,173 36 8,763 −6.7% 6 Support Services 1,638 8 2,392 −31.5% 8 Administrative Cost 1,553 39 1,485 4.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,590 33 1,783 −10.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 194 1 268 −27.6% 16 Median Teacher Salary 61,110 24 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,185 students and 182.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education 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.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]

Elementary schools

• Lafayette-Pershing School[9] with 331 students in grades Pre-K to Kindergarten
  • Candy Shockley, Interim Principal
• Field Street School[10] with 480 students in grades 1 - 3
  • Mary Kwiatkowski, Principal
• Paul W. Carleton School[11] with 355 students in grades 4 - 5
  • Cameron Baynes, Principal

Middle school

• Penns Grove Middle School[12] with 465 students in grades 6 - 8
  • Dr. Tara Allen, Principal
  • Abner Mendoza, Assistant Principal

High school

• Penns Grove High School[13] with 508 students in grades 9 - 12
  • Lory O'Brien, Principal
  • Kerry Heathwaite, Assistant Principal
  • Anwar Golden, Assistant Principal & Athletic Director

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14][15]

• Dr. Zenaida Cobián, Superintendent[16]
• Kenneth H. Verrill, School Business Administrator / Board Secretary[17]

Board of education

The district's board of education, with 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 2012) as part of the November general election.[18][19][20]

References

1. District information for Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed March 22, 2020. "The Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District (hereafter referred to as the 'School District') is a Type II district located in the County of Salem, State of New Jersey. As a Type ll district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members'terms expire each year. The purpose of the School District is to educate students in grades K-12 at its five schools."
4. Bumpus, Robert L. "Salem County Report on Consolidation and Regionalization, Office of the Executive County Superintendent of Salem County, March 15, 2010, available at the website of the Asbury Park Press. Accessed July 5, 2011. "A contiguous elementary district, Oldmans Township, sends its students primarily to Penns Grove High School and a smaller number of students to Woodstown High School."
5. Oldmans Township School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 1, 2017. "Oldmans sends students in grades 9-12 to the Penns Grove-Carneys Point and Woodstown School Districts, as well as the Academy Programs, and the Salem County Vocational Technical School."
6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
7. School Data for the Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
8. New Jersey School Directory for the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
9. Lafayette-Pershing School, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed March 22, 2020.
10. Field Street School, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed March 22, 2020.
11. Paul W. Carleton School, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed March 22, 2020.
12. Penns Grove Middle School, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed March 22, 2020.
13. Penns Grove High School, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed March 22, 2020.
14. Administration, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed March 22, 2020.
15. New Jersey School Directory for Salem County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
16. Superintendent, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed March 22, 2020.
17. Business Office Staff, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed May 24, 2020.
18. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
19. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed March 22, 2020. "The Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District (hereafter referred to as the "School District") is a Type ll district located in the County of Salem, State of New Jersey. As a Type ll district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members'terms expire each year. The purpose of the School District is to educate students in grades K-12 at its five schools."
20. Board Members, Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Accessed March 22, 2020.

External links

• Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional School District
• Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics