Carteret School District

The Carteret School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Carteret, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 4,009 students and 315.9 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7:1.

History

In 2016, borough voters turned down a ballot proposal to switch from an elected school board to an appointed board.
In September 2019, voters approved a referendum by a nearly 3-1 margin that would spend $37 million, including $7.4 million in state aid, for the construction of a new junior high school for 600 students in grades seven and eight, as well as expansion and renovation projects in all of the five existing school facilities.
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-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 are:
;Elementary schools

Columbus School with 625 students in grades PreK–4
*Mayling Cardenas, principal
Nathan Hale School with 439 students in grades PreK–4
*Erika Barrett, principal
Private Nicholas Minue School with 527 students in grades PreK–4
*Cheryl Bolinger, principal

;Middle schools

Carteret Middle School with 567 students in grades 5–6
*Merita Euell, principal
Carteret Junior High School with 586 students in grades 7–8
*Tara Romero, principal

;High school

Carteret High School with 1,182 students in grades 9–12
*Joanna Joaquin, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

Rosa L. Diaz, superintendent of schools
Carmela Collazo, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education is composed of nine members who set policy and oversee 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 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.