Long Branch High School Teacher and Administrative Salaries Below State Average

Long Branch High School teachers and administrators are making less than the state average according to a report card issued by the Department of Education this week.

The median salary for a Long Branch High School administrator with 17 years of experience is $110,495 compared to $117,895 for an administrator with 20 years of experience at the state level. 

The median salary for a Long Branch High School teacher with eight years of experience is $55,295 compared to $61,840 for a teacher with 10 years of experience at the state level.

Even though the average salary for teachers and administrators grew from the 2008-2009 school year to 2009-2010, Long Branch High School teachers and administrators' salaries have remained low.

While teacher and administrator salaries are lower than the state average, the budgeted total cost per pupil at the school is almost $3,000 higher.

The total budgeted cost per pupil at Long Branch High School is $18,034 compared to the state average of $15,538. That number could decrease as that was simply the budgeted total cost, and in past years the number was actually lower. 

For example, for the 2008-2009 school year, the average cost per pupil at Long Branch High School was $16,153 compared to the state average of $15,221.

Here are some highlights of the Long Branch High School report card:

• While English is the primary language spoken at the school at 69.1 percent, Spanish is second at 22.1 percent. Portuguese is spoken by 8.3 percent of students and the remaining .5 percent is classified as "other."
• The average class size is 13.1 students compared to 18.2 at the state level.
• Thirty percent of graduating seniors plan to attend a four-year college or university while 56.8 percent plan to attend a two-year college.
• The graduation rate for the class of 2010 was 97 percent compared to the state average of 94.7 percent.
• Students performed near the state average for the math and language arts section of the High School Proficiency Assessment test. 

For the full report card for Long Branch High School click here.