Carteret Public Schools

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, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 3,626 students and 268.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentteacher ratio of 13.53:1. The district is 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. There are five schools in the district, Columbus Elementary School, Nathan Hale Elementary School, Private Nicholas Minue School, Cartaret Middle School and Carteret High School.