Piscataway Township Schools

Piscataway Township Schools
Address
1515 Stelton Road
, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 08854
United States
Coordinates40°32′21″N 74°28′17″W / 40.539249°N 74.471474°W / 40.539249; -74.471474
District information
GradesPreK to 12
SuperintendentFrank Ranelli
Business administratorDavid Oliveira
Schools10
Students and staff
Enrollment7,161 (as of 2018–19)
Faculty530.1 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio13.5:1
Other information
District Factor GroupGH
Websitewww.piscatawayschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,5949$18,891−17.5%
1Budgetary Cost12,6531614,783−14.4%
2Classroom Instruction8,016238,763−8.5%
6Support Services1,811212,392−24.3%
8Administrative Cost1,162101,485−21.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,437271,783−19.4%
13Extracurricular Activities20233268−24.6%
16Median Teacher Salary75,3379064,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Piscataway Township Schools is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Piscataway, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In addition to its high school, there are four schools for K-3, two intermediate schools serving grades 4-5 and three middle schools for students in grades 6-8.

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of 10 schools, had an enrollment of 7,161 students and 530.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.