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Gov. Chris Christie wants to know: what is actually spent for students in preschool through grade 12?\u00a0The need real accountability for academic performance that considers the total dollars being spent.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Hammonton is ranked as the lowest-spending larger K-12 district in the state, with a total cost of $13,545 per student.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Costs can also rise and fall based on a gain or loss of enrollment.<\/p>\n
Tiny Avalon, with about 97 students, once again was among the top-spending districts in the state in 2009-10 at $40,152 per student for total costs and $23,524 in direct classroom instruction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Charter schools were among the lowest spending, with the Vineland Public Charter School, which opened last year, spending just $10,710 per student, with $3,614 spent on direct classroom instruction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\nOcean City’s median teacher salary is third highest in the state at $88,434.<\/li>\n Median teacher salaries in Margate at $83,820<\/li>\n Brigantine at $78,959<\/li>\n Mainland Regional at $78,500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n
The guide also includes budgeted costs for 2010-11, which despite cuts in state aid but with some help from federal stimulus funds, show a slight increase in direct district spending of about $12 per student.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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