Perth Amboy Public School District
Public school district based in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. NCES district ID 3412930; state ID NJ-234090.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
12
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
9,845
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
770.0
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
12.8
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 919 | |
| Kindergarten | 669 | |
| Grade 1 | 697 | |
| Grade 2 | 646 | |
| Grade 3 | 680 | |
| Grade 4 | 711 | |
| Grade 5 | 714 | |
| Grade 6 | 700 | |
| Grade 7 | 678 | |
| Grade 8 | 662 | |
| Grade 9 | 660 | |
| Grade 10 | 706 | |
| Grade 11 | 707 | |
| Grade 12 | 696 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Suppressed | |
| Asian | 0.4% | |
| Black or African American | 4.1% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 94.1% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 0.4% | |
| White | 1.0% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | Suppressed | |
| Male | 100.0% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Suburb 12.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Amboy High School Perth Amboy | 9–12 | Regular | 2,769 | 187.5 | 14.8 | Suburb: Large |
| William C. McGinnis Middle School Perth Amboy | 6–8 | Regular | 984 | 80.0 | 12.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Samuel E. Shull Middle School Perth Amboy | 6–8 | Regular | 941 | 72.5 | 13 | Suburb: Large |
| Rose M. Lopez Elementary School Perth Amboy | K–3 | Regular | 793 | 53.5 | 14.8 | Suburb: Large |
| Edward J. Patten Elementary School Perth Amboy | K–5 | Regular | 649 | 53.4 | 12.2 | Suburb: Large |
| Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School Perth Amboy | K–5 | Regular | 632 | 55.0 | 11.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School Perth Amboy | K–5 | Regular | 616 | 48.5 | 12.7 | Suburb: Large |
| James J. Flynn Elementary School Perth Amboy | K–5 | Regular | 599 | 53.9 | 11.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood Center Perth Amboy | PK | Regular | 577 | 62.0 | 9.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School Perth Amboy | K–5 | Regular | 559 | 48.8 | 11.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Dual Language School Fords | 4–8 | Regular | 384 | 23.0 | 16.7 | Suburb: Large |
| Edmund Hmieleski Early Childhood Center Perth Amboy | PK | Regular | 342 | 32.0 | 10.7 | Suburb: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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