South Amboy City School District
South Amboy City School District is located in northeast New Jersey. South Amboy City School District has 1.55 square miles of land area and 1.15 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total South Amboy City School District population is 8,749. South Amboy City School District median household income is $73,710 in 2010-2014. South Amboy City School District median house value is $280,300 in 2010-2014. On average, South Amboy City School District is close to the state average in quality.
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South Amboy City School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations
240 John St
South Amboy NJ, 08879, Middlesex County
Phone: 732-525-2100
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | |
Total Students: | 1,105 | 1,142 | 1,152 | 1,233 | 1,172 | 1,086 | 1,119 |
English Language Learner Students: | 21 | 24 | 29 | 16 | 20 | 19 | NA |
Total Teachers: | 82.50 | 82.44 | 82.00 | 79.00 | 88.00 | 89.00 | 73.00 |
Prekindergarten: | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 |
Kindergarten: | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 4.50 |
Elementary: | 46.40 | 45.39 | 46.00 | 44.00 | 48.00 | 41.00 | 6.00 |
Secondary: | 28.10 | 28.05 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 30.00 | 39.00 | 33.00 |
Ungraded: | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 22.50 |
Total Other Staff: | 77.40 | 77.98 | 60.00 | 61.50 | 66.00 | 40.50 | 52.00 |
Instructional Aides: | 16.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 18.00 | 20.00 | 18.50 | 35.00 |
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors: | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
Total Guidance Counselors: | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 |
Elementary Guidance Counselors: | NA | NA | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | NA | NA |
Secondary Guidance Counselors: | NA | NA | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | NA | NA |
Other Guidance Counselors: | 3.00 | 3.00 | NA | NA | NA | 3.00 | NA |
Librarians/Media Specialists: | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 |
Library/Media Support: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
District Administrators: | 2.00 | 1.98 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
District Administrative Support: | 6.40 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | NA |
School Administrators: | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 |
School Administrative Support: | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | NA |
Student Support Services: | 12.00 | 13.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | 10.00 | 6.00 |
Other Support Services: | 25.00 | 25.00 | 14.00 | 14.50 | 15.00 | 0.00 | NA |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.39 | 13.85 | 14.05 | 15.61 | 13.32 | 12.20 | 15.33 |
Schools
South Amboy Elementary | Prekindergarten to Grade 6 | 249 John St, South Amboy NJ 08879 | |
South Amboy Middle/High School | Grade 7 to Grade 12 | 200 Governor Harold G Hoffman, South Amboy NJ 08879 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | State Average |
ASK Test | |||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 83.4% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 78.9% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 84.2% | 82.4% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 84.5% | 83.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 78.3% | 86.1% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 50.0% | 62.9% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 49.4% | 59.8% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 79.7% | 63.0% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 79.7% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 67.4% | 66.4% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 80.0% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 77.7% | 82.5% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 89.6% | 86.8% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 97.6% | 87.3% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 93.5% | 86.8% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 81.5% | 75.4% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 79.3% | 78.3% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 94.6% | 78.9% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 92.3% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 79.6% | 77.7% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 76.3% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 83.5% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 81.4% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 84.3% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 77.5% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 82.3% | 82.7% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 52.2% | 63.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 63.6% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 87.7% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 71.6% | 58.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 58.7% | 59.4% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 68.1% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 83.1% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 78.0% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 92.1% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.6% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.2% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 84.5% | 73.1% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 92.7% | 77.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.9% | 79.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.9% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.9% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.5% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.0% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 87.3% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 89.8% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.6% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.8% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 100.0% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 97.2% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 98.5% | 89.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 87.0% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 52.4% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 39.0% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 48.4% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 68.4% | 60.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 62.6% | 62.1% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 63.6% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 92.4% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 85.3% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 82.9% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 89.7% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 85.7% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 86.6% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 83.2% | 79.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 79.4% | 75.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 39.6% | 57.3% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 76.8% | 70.1% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 65.8% | 65.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 61.3% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 64.1% | 66.2% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 79.8% | 79% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 69.8% | 72.2% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 76.9% | 71.2% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 80.5% | 72.1% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 81.7% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 83.3% | 78.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 74.8% | 80.1% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 67.5% | 70.5% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 59.8% | 72.4% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 56.3% | 69.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 50.0% | 63.3% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 43.8% | 61.0% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 60.2% | 65.2% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 39.6% | 66.3% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 38.6% | 64.5% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 47.4% | 66.8% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 49.5% | 64.6% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 47.0% | 65.7% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 47.9% | 63.2% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 62.3% | 63.5% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 68.5% | 81.4% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 82.6% | 82.5% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 78.0% | 82.9% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 81.5% | 82.1% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 69.2% | 82.2% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 71.6% | 81.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 45.6% | 67.7% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 62.8% | 71.8% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 51.7% | 69.0% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 61.1% | 71.5% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 37.8% | 71.6% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 58.0% | 69.3% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 79.3% | 84.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 82.5% | 84.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 74.7% | 83.3% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 72.7% | 81.2% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 67.8% | 81.9% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 64.8% | 79.0% |
GEPA Test | |||||
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 63.9% | 73.8% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 67.9% | 71.8% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 65.5% | 72.3% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 66.7% | 74.2% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 69.6% | 73.7% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 46.3% | 56.7% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 56.7% | 61.7% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 52.9% | 62.4% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 61.8% | 64.5% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 65.1% | 68.4% |
2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 65.0% | 72.9% |
2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 69.0% | 74.7% |
2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 75.9% | 76.8% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 82.6% | 79.0% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 74.5% | 78.9% |
HSPA Test | |||||
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 75.4% | 80.1% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 84.3% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 89.9% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 82.6% | 83.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 79.8% | 85.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 86.2% | 83.4% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 88.1% | 84.5% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 89.0% | 88.0% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 92.6% | 89.6% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 95.2% | 91.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 92.9% | 91.6% |
2003 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 53.6% | 65.9% |
2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 62.9% | 70.1% |
2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 73.9% | 75.5% |
2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 75.6% | 75.9% |
2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 65.4% | 73.4% |
2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 61.1% | 75.4% |
2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 73.8% | 73.7% |
2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 77.5% | 75.0% |
2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 65.9% | 75.2% |
2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 74.7% | 79.3% |
2013 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 72.3% | 79.7% |
2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % proficient | 65.8% | 72.7% |
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School District Fiscal Information
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||
Amount | Per Student | % | Amount | Per Student | % | Amount | Per Student | % | |
Total Revenue: | $18,147,000 | $15,753 | $17,980,000 | $14,582 | $18,375,000 | $15,678 | |||
Federal: | $1,202,000 | $1,043 | 6.6% | $1,169,000 | $948 | 6.5% | $2,145,000 | $1,830 | 11.7% |
State: | $8,168,000 | $7,090 | 45.0% | $7,997,000 | $6,486 | 44.5% | $7,661,000 | $6,537 | 41.7% |
Local: | $8,777,000 | $7,619 | 48.4% | $8,814,000 | $7,148 | 49.0% | $8,569,000 | $7,311 | 46.6% |
Total Expenditures: | $16,675,000 | $14,475 | $16,865,000 | $13,678 | $17,130,000 | $14,616 | |||
Total Current Expenditures: | $15,060,000 | $13,073 | $15,297,000 | $12,406 | $15,861,000 | $13,533 | |||
Instructional Expenditures: | $9,342,000 | $8,109 | 62.0% | $9,427,000 | $7,646 | 61.6% | $10,096,000 | $8,614 | 63.7% |
Student and Staff Support: | $1,636,000 | $1,420 | 10.9% | $1,512,000 | $1,226 | 9.9% | $1,504,000 | $1,283 | 9.5% |
Administration: | $1,797,000 | $1,560 | 11.9% | $1,817,000 | $1,474 | 11.9% | $1,772,000 | $1,512 | 11.2% |
Operations, Food, Other: | $2,285,000 | $1,984 | 15.2% | $2,541,000 | $2,061 | 16.6% | $2,489,000 | $2,124 | 15.7% |
Total Capital Outlay: | $20,000 | $17 | $292,000 | $237 | $20,000 | $17 | |||
Construction: | $1,000 | $1 | $1,000 | $1 | $0 | $0 | |||
Total Other: | $231,000 | $201 | $299,000 | $242 | $362,000 | $309 | |||
Interest on Debt: | $60,000 | $52 | $81,000 | $66 | $123,000 | $105 | |||
Total Salary: | $9,377,000 | $8,140 | $9,707,000 | $7,873 | $9,910,000 | $8,456 | |||
Instruction/Teacher Salary: | $6,352,000 | $5,514 | 67.7% | $6,371,000 | $5,167 | 65.6% | $6,985,000 | $5,960 | 70.5% |
Other Salary: | $3,025,000 | $2,626 | 32.3% | $3,336,000 | $2,706 | 34.4% | $2,925,000 | $2,496 | 29.5% |
Total Benefit: | $3,810,000 | $3,307 | $3,624,000 | $2,939 | $3,730,000 | $3,183 | |||
Instruction/Teacher Benefit: | $2,436,000 | $2,115 | 63.9% | $2,249,000 | $1,824 | 62.1% | $2,454,000 | $2,094 | 65.8% |
Other Benefit: | $1,374,000 | $1,193 | 36.1% | $1,375,000 | $1,115 | 37.9% | $1,276,000 | $1,089 | 34.2% |
* South Amboy City School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.