Editing Absecon, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Absecon Public School District]] serve students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]]. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 906 students and 87.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.4:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3400660&DistrictID=3400660 District information for Absecon Public Schools District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]].<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3400660 School Data for the Absecon Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
H. Ashton Marsh Elementary School<ref>[https://marsh.abseconschools.org/ H. Ashton Marsh Elementary School], Absecon School District. Accessed December 23, 2022.</ref> with 513 students in grades PreK-4 and 
Emma C. Attales Middle School<ref>[https://attales.abseconschools.org/ Emma C. Attales Middle School], Absecon School District. Accessed December 23, 2022.</ref> with 387 students in grades 5-8.<ref>[https://www.atlanticcountynj.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/12586/638312370339300000#page=11 ''2023-2024 Public School Directory''], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey]]. Accessed May 23, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/01/0010 School Performance Reports for the Absecon Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 31, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0010 New Jersey School Directory for the Absecon Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

For [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s, public school students from Absecon attend the [[Pleasantville High School (New Jersey)|Pleasantville High School]] in [[Pleasantville, New Jersey|Pleasantville]] as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Pleasantville Public Schools]].<ref>[http://www.abseconschools.org/pages/AbseconSchoolDistrict/Our_Schools/ECA/School_Counselor/General_Info/High_school_options High school options]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Emma C. Attles Middle School. Accessed December 8, 2016. "Absecon is a sending district to Pleasantville High School. There are other high school options for students."</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 893 students and 72.5 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.3:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413200&ID=341320000192 School data for Pleasantville High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> In 2020, the Absecon district submitted a petition 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.<ref>Lowe, Claire. [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/education/judge-to-hear-absecon-schools-request-to-leave-pleasantville-attorney-says/article_17a2a748-39ef-54a2-ae1c-9ccff505d6e2.html "Judge to hear Absecon schools request to leave Pleasantville, attorney says"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', February 25, 2020. Accessed June 11, 2020 . "The Absecon School District will appear before a judge in July to argue why it should be allowed to leave its sending and receiving relationship with the Pleasantville School District.... The K-8 district submitted its request to the state Department of Education in August to sever its decades-old agreement with Pleasantville, citing the cost and quality of education there. The petition calls for students from Absecon to instead attend Absegami High School in neighboring Galloway Township."</ref>

City public school students are also eligible to attend the [[Atlantic County Institute of Technology]] in the [[Mays Landing, New Jersey|Mays Landing]] section of [[Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]]<ref>[http://www.acitech.org/cms/schools/institute-of-technology/admissions-acit/frequently-asked-questions Frequently Asked Questions ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424061903/http://www.acitech.org/cms/schools/institute-of-technology/admissions-acit/frequently-asked-questions |date=April 24, 2017 }}, [[Atlantic County Institute of Technology]]. Accessed May 17, 2017. "What does it cost to attend ACIT? As a public school, there is no cost to Atlantic County residents of high school age. New Jersey Title 18A:54-20.1 entitles students the right to choose ACIT for their high school education."</ref> or the [[Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts]], located in [[Somers Point, New Jersey|Somers Point]].<ref>[http://www.chartertech.org/about/profile.jsp Profile], [[Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts]]. Accessed May 18, 2017.</ref><ref>Prisament, Steve. [http://www.shorenewstoday.com/pleasantville_absecon/news/taxes-rising-as-more-absecon-students-opt-for-public-high/article_7501c32b-c4e8-522e-afc3-358f438dcdad.html "Taxes rising as more Absecon students opt for public high school"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307065433/http://www.shorenewstoday.com/pleasantville_absecon/news/taxes-rising-as-more-absecon-students-opt-for-public-high/article_7501c32b-c4e8-522e-afc3-358f438dcdad.html |date=2016-03-07 }}, ''The Current of Pleasantville & Absecon'', March 10, 2011. Accessed July 12, 2017. "'The increase in high school tuition for 2011-12 is the reason we qualified for a tuition adjustment and is the reason for our 6.1-cent tax increase,' Superintendent James Giaquinto said Monday, March 7. 'We have budgeted $363,000 for Charter Tech, $370,000 for Pleasantville High School and $375,000 for Atlantic County Institute of Technology.'"</ref>

[[Holy Spirit High School (New Jersey)|Holy Spirit High School]] is a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[secondary education in the United States|high school]], that operates under the jurisdiction of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden|Diocese of Camden]]. Established in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] in 1922, the school moved to Absecon in 1964.<ref>[https://www.holyspirithighschool.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=280383&type=d&pREC_ID=636644 Welcome], Holy Spirit High School. Accessed February 19, 2023. "Holy Spirit High School opened her doors in 1922 on Massachusetts Avenue in Atlantic City, and in 2014 celebrated her 50th Anniversary in Absecon, New Jersey."</ref><ref>[https://southjerseycatholicschools.org/catholic-schools-in-south-jersey/ Schools], South Jersey Catholic Schools. Accessed February 19, 2023.</ref>