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Newark Public Schools
Superintendent: Cami Anderson
Business Administrator: Valerie Wilson
Address: 2 Cedar Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 74
Enrollment: 39,992 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 2,776.0
Student–teacher ratio: 14.4
District Factor Group: A
Web site: http://www.nps.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $19,305 105 $13,632 41.6%
2 Classroom Instruction 10,147 100 8,035 26.3%
6 Support Services 4,357 104 2,166 101.2%
8 Administrative Cost 1,617 92 1,379 17.3%
10 Operations & Maintenance 2,722 103 1,674 62.6%
13 Extracurricular Activities 228 54 258 -11.6%
16 Median Teacher Salary 66,200 85 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105
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Newark Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves the entire city of Newark, New Jersey. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.[3]

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 74 schools had an enrollment of 39,992 students and 2,776.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.4.[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.[4]

Newark Public Schools is the largest school system in New Jersey. The city's public schools are among the lowest-performing in the state, even after the state government took over management of the city's schools in 1995, which was done under the presumption that improvement would follow. The school district continues to struggle with low high school graduation rates and low standardized test scores.

The total school enrollment in Newark city was 75,000 in 2003. Preprimary school enrollment was 12,000 and elementary or high school enrollment was 46,000 children. College enrollment was 16,000.

As of 2003, 64 percent of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 11 percent had a bachelor's degree or higher. Among people 16 to 19 years old, 10 percent were dropouts; they were not enrolled in school and had not graduated from high school.[5]

After efforts at his dismissal as New Jersey's poet laureate, Amiri Baraka was named the school district's poet laureate in December 2002.[6]

Awards and recognition

Ann Street School of Mathematics and Science was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive, during the 1998-99 school year.[7]

Branch Brook Elementary School, a PreKindergarten through 4th grade school, was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence, during the 2004-05 school year.[8]

During the 2007-08 school year, Harriet Tubman School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.[9][10]

During the 2009-10 school year, Science Park High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence.[11]

For the 2005-06 school year, the district was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "A Park Study: Learning About the World Around Us" Science program at Abington Avenue School. The curriculum was written, implemented, and submitted to the State of New Jersey by Abington Avenue School kindergarten teacher, Lenore Furman.[12]

Schools

All schools are located in the city of Newark, and include 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics.[13]

Primary schools

Pre-K only

Pre-K - K

Pre-K - 4th grade

Pre-K - 5th grade

Pre-K - 6th grade

Pre-K - 7th grade

Pre-K - 8th grade

K - 2nd grade

K - 4th grade

K - 5th grade

K - 7th grade

K - 8th grade

1st - 7th grade

Middle schools

3rd - 8th grades

5th - 8th grades

6th - 8th grades

8th grade

Secondary schools

6th - 12th grades

  • Renaissance Academy (807)

7th - 12th grades

High schools (9th - 12th grades)

Ungraded

Administration/Advisory Board of Education

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

  • Cami Anderson, Superintendent of Schools[15]
  • Valerie Wilson, School Business Administrator[16]


Advisory Board of Education Members April 2012 - April 2013 are:

  • Mrs. Antoinette Baskerville-Richardson, Chairperson
  • Dr. Rashied McCreary, Vice-Chairperson
  • Mr. Shavar Jeffries
  • Mr. Alturrick Kenney
  • Mr. Ivan Lamourt
  • Mr. Marques-Aquil Lewis
  • Mrs. Eliana Pintor-Marin
  • Mrs. DeNiqua Matias
  • Mrs. Shanique L. Davis-Speight
  • Mr. Ming Ding Weng, Student Representative (Non-Voting Member)

School uniforms

Beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, students in elementary and middle school are required to wear school uniforms.[17] Beginning in September 2010 high school students will be required to wear uniforms.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Newark School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 1, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  5. ^ US Census
  6. ^ Jacobs, Andrew. "Criticized Poet Is Named Laureate of Newark Schools", The New York Times, December 19, 2002. Accessed September 19, 2008. "A longtime Newark resident who was pivotal in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960's, Mr. Baraka has ignored calls from Gov. James E. McGreevey and others that he resign the post, which pays a stipend of $10,000."
  7. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006.
  8. ^ U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2005 (PDF), accessed June 5, 2006.
  9. ^ Addison, Kasi; and Juri, Carmen. "Three Essex schools capture blue ribbon", The Star-Ledger, October 7, 2007. Accessed October 14, 2007. "Principals in three Essex County schools found out last week their buildings joined an exclusive club of exemplary schools when the U.S. Department of Education named the nation's latest batch of No Child Left Behind -- Blue Ribbon Schools.... The three Essex County schools are Oakview School in Bloomfield, Millburn High School and Harriet Tubman School in Newark."
  10. ^ No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools Program: 2007 Schools, United States Department of Education. Accessed October 15, 2007.
  11. ^ 2009 Blue Ribbon Schools: All Public and Private Schools, United States Department of Education. Accessed October 29, 2009.
  12. ^ New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, accessed October 23, 2006
  13. ^ Data for Newark Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 1, 2011.
  14. ^ Essex County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  15. ^ Home page, Newark Public Schools. Accessed August 4, 2008.
  16. ^ Central Office Directory, Newark Public Schools. Accessed August 4, 2008.
  17. ^ "Facts for Parents about School Uniforms." Newark Public Schools. Retrieved on March 2, 2010.
  18. ^ "Dear Parents of High School Students:" Newark Public Schools. June 22, 2009. Retrieved on March 2, 2010.

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