Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District

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Coordinates39°39′06″N 75°19′19″W / 39.651645°N 75.321863°W / 39.651645; -75.321863
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentVirginia Grossman
Business administratorRose Chin
Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District
Address
135 East Avenue
, Salem County, New Jersey, 08098
Coordinates39°39′06″N 75°19′19″W / 39.651645°N 75.321863°W / 39.651645; -75.321863
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentVirginia Grossman
Business administratorRose Chin
Schools4
Students and staff
Enrollment1,425 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty126.5 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupFG
Websitewww.woodstown.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
average
%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$14,6611$18,891−22.4%
1Budgetary Cost13,1141414,783−11.3%
2Classroom Instruction7,646178,763−12.7%
6Support Services1,844142,392−22.9%
8Administrative Cost1,734311,48516.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,497201,783−16.0%
13Extracurricular Activities3791526841.4%
16Median Teacher Salary56,6261564,043
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

The Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade form five communities in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district serves students from Woodstown and Pilesgrove Township for K-12, along with students from neighboring Alloway Township, Oldmans Township and Upper Pittsgrove Township who attend the district's high school as part of sending/receiving relationships.[3][4][5] A majority of public school students in grades 9-12 from Oldmans Township attend Penns Grove High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, with the balance attending Woodstown High School.[6]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,425 students and 126.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.[7]

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10][11]

Elementary schools
  • William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center[12] with 83 students in grades PreK-K
    • Diane Cioffi, principal[13]
  • Mary S. Shoemaker Elementary School[14] with 470 students in grades 1-5
    • Diane Cioffi, principal[13]
Middle school
  • Woodstown Middle School[15] with 278 students in grades 6-8
    • Allison Pessolano, principal[13]
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13][17]

  • Virginia Grossman, superintendent of schools
  • Rose Chin, school business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

References

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