South Plainfield Public Schools

The South Plainfield Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district, for South Plainfield, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.[3]

South Plainfield Public Schools
125 Jackson Avenue South Plainfield, NJ 07080
District information
Grades	PreK to 12
Superintendent	Dr. Noreen Lishak
Business administrator	Jim Damato (Interim)
Schools	7
Students and staff
Enrollment	3,402 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty	270.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	spboe.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,894 22 $18,891 −10.6% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,043 20 14,783 −11.8% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,835 24 8,763 −10.6% 6 Support Services 1,985 27 2,392 −17.0% 8 Administrative Cost 1,530 36 1,485 3.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,218 4 1,783 −31.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 378 31 268 41.0% 16 Median Teacher Salary 63,547 36 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 2017-18 school year, the district and its seven schools had an enrollment of 3,402 students and 270.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1.[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.[4]

Schools

The schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics).[5] are:[6][7]

Elementary schools

• Franklin Elementary School[8] (240 students; in grades K-4)
  • Ralph Errico - Principal
• John F. Kennedy Elementary School[9] (273; PreK-4)
  • Kevin Hajduk - Principal
• John E. Riley Elementary School[10] (328; PreK-4)
  • Rosaura Valarezo - Interim Principal
• Roosevelt Elementary School[11] (412; PreK-4)
  • Dr. Robert Goman - Principal
• Grant School[12] (521; 5-6)
  • Patrick Sarullo - Principal

Middle school

• South Plainfield Middle School[13] (560; 7-8)
  • Leo Whalen - Principal

High school

• South Plainfield High School[14] (1,029; 9-12)
  • Robert Diehl - Interim Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15][16]

• Dr. Noreen Lishak, Superintendent of Schools
• Alex Benanti, Board Secretary / Business Administrator

References

1. District information for South Plainfield School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Public School Directory 2017-2018, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Accessed December 1, 2019.
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 3, 2019.
5. School Data for the South Plainfield Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 3, 2019.
6. Our Schools, South Plainfield Public Schools. Accessed December 3, 2019.
7. New Jersey School Directory for the South Plainfield Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
8. Franklin Elementary School, South Plainfield Public Schools. Accessed December 3, 2019.
9. John F. Kennedy Elementary School, South Plainfield Public Schools. Accessed December 3, 2019.
10. John E. Riley Elementary School, South Plainfield Public Schools. Accessed December 3, 2019.
11. Roosevelt Elementary School, South Plainfield Public Schools. Accessed December 3, 2019.
12. Grant School, South Plainfield Public Schools. Accessed December 3, 2019.
13. South Plainfield Middle School, South Plainfield Public Schools. Accessed December 3, 2019.
14. South Plainfield High School, South Plainfield Public Schools. Accessed December 3, 2019.
15. Administration, South Plainfield Public Schools. Accessed December 3, 2019.
16. New Jersey School Directory for Middlesex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

External links

• Official site
• South Plainfield Public Schools's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the South Plainfield Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics