Spotswood Public Schools

Spotswood Public Schools
Address
105 Summerhill Road
, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 08884
United States
Coordinates40°23′39″N 74°23′38″W / 40.39413°N 74.393969°W / 40.39413; -74.393969
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentGraham Peabody
Business administratorVita Marino
Schools4
Students and staff
Enrollment1,610 (as of 2020–21)
Faculty136.5 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio11.8:1
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.spsd.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,78513$18,891−11.1%
1Budgetary Cost12,7811214,783−13.5%
2Classroom Instruction7,549158,763−13.9%
6Support Services1,992232,392−16.7%
8Administrative Cost1,25821,485−15.3%
10Operations & Maintenance1,608271,783−9.8%
13Extracurricular Activities3581226833.6%
16Median Teacher Salary54,000964,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The Spotswood Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Helmetta and Spotswood, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

Students from Helmetta, a non-operating district, attend school in Spotswood beginning in grammar school. Students from Milltown attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Milltown Public Schools.

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,610 students and 136.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.

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