Pleasantville Public Schools

Pleasantville Public Schools
Address
801 Mill Road
, Atlantic County, New Jersey, 08232
United States
Coordinates39°24′49″N 74°31′24″W / 39.413626°N 74.523349°W / 39.413626; -74.523349
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentMarilyn Martinez
Business administratorDaile Dixon-White
Schools6
Affiliation(s)Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment3,743 (as of 2021–22)
Faculty316.4 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio11.8:1
Other information
District Factor GroupA
Websitewww.pps-nj.us/pps/
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,52681$18,8918.7%
1Budgetary Cost17,8289814,78320.6%
2Classroom Instruction10,399958,76318.7%
6Support Services2,728822,39214.0%
8Administrative Cost1,834981,48523.5%
10Operations & Maintenance2,383911,78333.7%
13Extracurricular Activities284662686.0%
16Median Teacher Salary56,001864,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Pleasantville Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the City of Pleasantville, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke 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.

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising six schools, had an enrollment of 3,743 students and 316.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.

Students from Absecon attend the district's high school for ninth through twelfth grades as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Absecon Public School District. Absecon has sought to end its agreement with Pleasantville and send its students to Absegami High School under a new sending/receiving relationship with the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District that Absecon argues would give its students a better education at a lower cost, without negatively impacting the demographics in Pleasantville High School. About 10% of Absecon's graduating students have been choosing to attend Pleasantville High School, for which the Absecon district has been paying $18,000 per student each year.