Perth Amboy Public Schools is a comprehensive community public
school district serving students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade, located in the city of
Perth Amboy, in
Middlesex County,
New Jersey,
United States. The district is one of 31
Abbott Districts statewide.,
New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 9,655 students and 769.0 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio of 12.6.,
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 18, 2011.
The district is classified by the
New Jersey Department of Education as being in
District Factor Group "A", the lowest 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.,
New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the
National Center for Education Statistics,
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 18, 2011.) are:
- Early Childhood Schools
- (300 students)
- Dr. Gerarda Mast - Principal
- (712)
- Susan Roque - Principal
- Maritza Ficarra - Vice Principal
- Elementary Schools (K-4)
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