Gibbsboro School District
Address
37 Kirkwood Road
Gibbsboro, NJ 08026
United States
Coordinates39°50′15″N 74°58′05″W / 39.837517°N 74.968054°W / 39.837517; -74.968054
District information
GradesPreK - 8
SuperintendentJack Marcellus
Business administratorFrank Domin
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment273 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty26.4 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupFG
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$24,34163$18,89128.8%
1Budgetary Cost14,6483014,1593.5%
2Classroom Instruction9,295378,6597.3%
6Support Services2,289302,1675.6%
8Administrative Cost1,33571,547−13.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,345141,612−16.6%
13Extracurricular Activities38462104269.2%
16Median Teacher Salary55,8252261,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Gibbsboro School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Gibbsboro, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 273 students and 26.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.3:1.[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.[4]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Eastern Regional High School, part of the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District, a limited-purpose, public regional school district that also serves students from the constituent communities of Berlin Borough and Voorhees Township.[5] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,955 students and 140.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1.[6]

Awards and recognition

The New Jersey Alliance for Social, Emotional and Character Development (NJASECD) recognized the Gibbsboro School as 2013 New Jersey School of Character (NJSOC), one of 11 schools in the state to earn the honor.[7] The school was recognized as a National School of Character Finalist in March 2014.

School

The Gibbsboro Public School served a total of 275 students in the 2018–19 school year.[8]

  • Jack Marcellus, principal[9]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[10]

  • Jack Marcellus, superintendent[9]
  • Frank Domin, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education has nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.[11][12][13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Gibbsboro Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Gibbsboro Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Gibbsboro School District. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Gibbsboro School District. Composition The Gibbsboro School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Gibbsboro."
  4. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  5. ↑ Eastern Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 18, 2017. "Our district is a limited purpose public regional high school serving students in grades 9 through 12. The student population is multicultural and reflects the diversity of the three communities it serves: Berlin Borough, Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township."
  6. ↑ School data for Eastern Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  7. ↑ Linehan, Robert. "Gibbsboro school named a State School of Character.", TheNJWire.com, September 16, 2013. Accessed December 7, 2014. "The students and parents of the Gibbsboro Elementary School had a special visitor on the first day of school last week, as Senator Jim Beach bestowed a resolution to principal Brett Thorp recognizing the Gibbsboro School as State School of Character.... Gibbsboro School is just one of 11 state schools of character in New Jersey."
  8. ↑ School Data for the Gibbsboro Public School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 2, 2020.
  9. 1 2 Superintendent / Principal, Gibbsboro School District. Accessed May 2, 2020.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
  12. ↑ Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Gibbsboro School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed February 5, 2020. "The School District is a Type II district located in the County of Camden, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members appointed to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members’ terms expire each year."
  13. ↑ Board Members, Gibbsboro School District. Accessed February 5, 2020.
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