Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,185 students and 182.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
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.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
- Elementary schools
- Lafayette-Pershing School with 331 students in grades Pre-K to Kindergarten
- Candy Shockley, interim principal
- Field Street School with 480 students in grades 1 - 3
- Mary Kwiatkowski, principal
- Paul W. Carleton School with 355 students in grades 4 - 5
- Cameron Baynes, principal
- Middle school
- Penns Grove Middle School with 465 students in grades 6 - 8
- Tara Allen, principal
- High school
- Penns Grove High School with 508 students in grades 9 - 12
- Lory O'Brien, principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
- Zenaida Cobián, superintendent
- Christopher DeStratis, school business administrator and board secretary
Board of education
The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.