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Palmyra Public Schools

Palmyra Public Schools
Address
301 Delaware Avenue
Palmyra
, Burlington County, New Jersey, 08065
United States
Coordinates40°00′13″N 75°01′40″W / 40.003684°N 75.027719°W / 40.003684; -75.027719
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentMark Pease (interim)
Business administratorJared M. Toscano
Schools3
Students and staff
Enrollment1,032 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty90.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.palmyraschools.com
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,41621$18,891−7.8%
1Budgetary Cost13,2161514,783−10.6%
2Classroom Instruction7,599168,763−13.3%
6Support Services1,925212,392−19.5%
8Administrative Cost1,39251,485−6.3%
10Operations & Maintenance1,598251,783−10.4%
13Extracurricular Activities67447268151.5%
16Median Teacher Salary58,1652064,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The Palmyra Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves the residents of Palmyra, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3] Students from Beverly and Riverton attend the district's high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with both districts.[4][5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,032 students and 90.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1.[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.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Palmyra Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Palmyra Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Palmyra Public Schools. Accessed September 22, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Palmyra School District. Composition: The Palmyra School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Palmyra."
  4. ^ Welcome, Palmyra School District. Accessed September 22, 2024. "The Palmyra School District serves over 900 students in three schools. The Charles Street School serves students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 5, the Palmyra Middle School serves students in grades 6 through 8, and Palmyra High School serves students in grades 9 through 12. We also have the Delaware Avenue School, which supports district offices and the Palmyra Learning Academy. Through a collaborative sendreceive agreement, students in grades 9 through 12 from the Borough of Riverton and the City of Beverly attend Palmyra High School."
  5. ^ High School Sending Districts, Burlington County Library System, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2009. Accessed January 11, 2017.
  6. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 11, 2014.

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