Glassboro Public Schools
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| Glassboro Public Schools | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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560 Joseph Bowe Boulevard
, Gloucester County, New Jersey, 08028United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°42′17″N 75°07′01″W / 39.704599°N 75.116935°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK to 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Mark J. Silverstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Michael Sloan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 1,895 (as of 2022–23)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 155.7 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 12.2:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Glassboro Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Glassboro, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,895 students and 155.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.[1]
The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend school in the district at no cost to their parents, with tuition covered by the resident district.[4] Available slots are announced annually by grade.[5]
Glassboro High School was established in 1913 at the corner of High Street and Lake Street. With increased enrollment, a new facility located on Delsea Drive was constructed at a cost of $400,000 (equivalent to $7.5 million in 2024) and dedicated in May 1930.[6] In 1965, the school moved to a new building costing $2.275 million (equivalent to $23.4 million in 2024) at 550 Joseph L. Bowe Boulevard, across from Rowan University, where it has been located since.[7]
Students from Elk Township had attended Glassboro High School as part as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Elk Township School District until Delsea Regional High School opened for the 1960–61 school year.[8][9] On June 19, 1986, President Ronald Reagan became the first sitting president to speak at a high school graduation when he spoke at the Glassboro High School commencement ceremonies.[10]
With student enrollment dropping by 13% over the previous five years, the district sold Glassboro Intermediate School, which had served grades seven and eight, to Rowan University in 2021. The sale netted the district $3.4 million and an annual reduction of $175,000 in maintenance costs. 7th and 8th-grade students who had previously been served at the school were shifted to Thomas E. Bowe Elementary School, which had previously served fourth to sixth grades.[11]
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second 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.[12]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[13]) are:[14][15][16]
- Elementary schools
- J. Harvey Rodgers School[17] with 265 students in grades PreK and kindergarten
- Melanie Sweeney, principal[18]
- Dorothy L. Bullock School[19] with 651 students in grades 1-5
- Kelly Marchese, principal[18]
- Middle school
- Thomas E. Bowe Elementary School[20] with 432 students in grades 6-8
- Craig Stephenson, principal[18]
- High school
- Glassboro High School[21] with 518 students in grades 9-12
- Monique Stowman-Burke, principal[18]
