Elizabeth Public Schools
| Elizabeth Public Schools | |
|---|---|
| 500 North Broad Street Elizabeth, NJ 07208 |
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| District information | |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Superintendent | Olga Hugelmeyer |
| Business administrator | Harold Kennedy |
| Schools | 34 |
| Affiliation(s) | Former Abbott district |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 24,875 (as of 2013-14) |
| Faculty | 2,084.0 FTEs |
| Student-teacher ratio | 11.9:1 |
| Other information | |
| District Factor Group | A |
| Website | http://www.epsnj.org |
Elizabeth Public Schools is a public school district headquartered in Elizabeth, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide, which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority. The district is one of New Jersey's largest, with a culturally diverse student body coming from 50 countries and speaking more than 37 languages.
As of the 2013-14 school year, the district's 34 schools had an enrollment of 24,875 students and 2,084.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
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.
In 2015, Elizabeth High School was one of 15 schools in New Jersey, and one of nine public schools, recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in the exemplary high performing category by the United States Department of Education.
In the 2008-09 school year, Victor Mravlag Elementary School No. 21 was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive. For the 2006-07 school year, William F. Halloran Alternative School #22 was one of four schools in New Jersey recognized with the Blue Ribbon Award. William F. Halloran Alternative School #22 earned a second award when it was one of 11 in the state to be recognized in 2014 by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program.
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