Gloucester City Public Schools

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name = Gloucester City Public Schools
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grades = PreK - 12
superintendent = Paul A. Spaventa
students = 2,206 (as of 2005-06
teachers = 224.8 (on FTE basis)
location = 520 Cumberland Street
Gloucester City, NJ 08030
contact number = 856-456-7000
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website = [http://www.gcsd.k12.nj.us District web site]

Gloucester City Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that is based in Gloucester City, New Jersey, and serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide. [ [http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/abbotts/abbotturls.pl?string=code&maxhits=100 Abbott Districts] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 2,206 students and 224.8 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 9.8. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3406000&DistrictID=3406000 District information for the Gloucester City Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 18, 2008.]

Students from Brooklawn attend the district's high school for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship. [Graham, Kristen A. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7374187AAC1B9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "BROOKLAWN CONSIDERS FINDING NEW DISTRICT FOR HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", March 16, 2001. Accessed June 19, 2008. "The tiny Brooklawn system, comprising just over 300 students and one school, sends about 80 ninth through 12th graders to the neighboring Gloucester City district, which has more than 2,000 students and four schools."]

chools

Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406000 Data for the Gloucester City Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 18, 2008.] ) are:;Elementary schools
* [http://www.gcsd.k12.nj.us/mec/default.htm Mary Ethel Costello Elementary School] (4-6; 410)
* [http://www.gcsd.k12.nj.us/css/default.htm Cold Springs Elementary School] (PreK-3; 842 students);High schools
* Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School (954)
* [http://www.gcsd.k12.nj.us/hpps/adult_high_school/adult_education_highland_park.htm Highland Park School: Gloucester City Adult High School]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [ [http://www.gcsd.k12.nj.us/admin.html Administration] , Gloucester City Public Schools. Accessed July 18, 2008.] [ [http://liberty.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/directory/directory1.pl?string=co_code07&maxhits=1000 New Jersey School Directory for Camden County] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 20, 2008.]
*Paul A. Spaventa - Superintendent of Schools
*Margaret McDonnell - Board Secretary / Business Administrator

References

External links

* [http://www.gcsd.k12.nj.us/ Gloucester City Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|07|1770|0|Gloucester City Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406000 Data for the Gloucester City Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics