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| Superintendent: | Dr. Antoinette Rath | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Robert Wachter Jr. | ||||
| Address: | 330 Moorestown-Mt. Laurel Road Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 |
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| Grade Range: | K-8 | ||||
| School facilities: | 8 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 4,384 (as of 2007-08)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 293.0 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 15.0 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | I | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.mtlaurelschools.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-8 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $11,769 | 31 | $12,420 | -5.2% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 7,555 | 49 | 7,588 | -0.4% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,516 | 27 | 1,771 | -14.4% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,264 | 24 | 1,411 | -10.4% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,245 | 19 | 1,462 | -14.8% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 56,350 | 54 | 54,453 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-8 districts with 751+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=88 |
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The Mount Laurel Schools is a public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Mount Laurel Township in Burlington County, New Jersey.
Mount Laurel Township School District includes eight schools. The grade configuration includes six schools serving kindergarten through fourth-grade students. Students are assigned to one of the six kindergarten through fourth-grade schools based upon a geographic districting plan. All students move into the upper elementary level together for fifth and sixth-grade, and remain together for entrance to the middle school for grades 7 and 8. As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's eight schools had an enrollment of 4,384 students and 293.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.0.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second highest 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.[3]
Public school students in Mount Laurel Township for grades 9-12 attend Lenape High School, located in Medford Township.[4] The high school is one of four schools in the Lenape Regional High School District, which serves students from Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Mount Laurel Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township.[5]
A major employer within the community, Mount Laurel School District has 420 certified staff members and an additional contingent of 320 support staff. The district's transportation department operates a tiered busing system that covers the municipality's 22 square miles (57 km2) four times each day. Mount Laurel Schools' maintenance and custodial staff maintains 669,928 square feet (62,238 m2) of educational space on a daily basis.
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Awards and recognition
Parkway Elementary School was one of four schools in New Jersey recognized by the national Blue Ribbon Schools Program, awarded by the United States Department of Education, for the 2005-06 school year.[6]
For the 1995-96 school year, Parkway School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[7]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8] are:
- Elementary Schools (K-4)
- Countryside Elementary School with 355 students
- Robert Smith, Principal
- Fleetwood Elementary School with 349 students
- Michael Profico
- Hillside Elementary School with 384 students
- Mary Fitzgerald, Principal
- Larchmont Elementary School with 394 students
- Kelly Graber, Principal
- Parkway Elementary School with 370 students
- Donna Kinn, Principal
- Springville Elementary School with 451 students
- Dr. Gailen Mitchell, Principal
- Upper Elementary School
- Mount Laurel Hartford School with 1,029 students in Grades 5 & 6
- Steven Bollar, Principal
- Middle School
- Thomas E. Harrington Middle School with 1,052 students in Grades 7 & 8
- Robert Mitchell, Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]
- Dr. Antoinette Rath, Superintendent
- Robert Wachter Jr., Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
- ^ a b District information for the Mount Laurel Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2009.
- ^ Lenape High School 2007 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 8, 2008. "ATTENDANCE AREA: Mount Laurel"
- ^ Lenape Regional High School District 2007 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 8, 2008. "The Lenape Regional High School District serves the eight municipalities of Evesham, Medford, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle and Woodland townships and Medford Lakes borough."
- ^ "Schools selected as No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools in 2005". http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2005/2005-schools.html#nj. Retrieved May 2, 2006.
- ^ Star School Award recipient detail, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 18, 2006. Accessed November 30, 2009.
- ^ Data for the Mount Laurel Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 30, 2009.
- ^ Administration, Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed November 30, 2009.
- ^ Burlington County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
External links
- Mount Laurel Schools
- Mount Laurel Schools's 2007–08 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Mount Laurel Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- Lenape Regional High School District
Coordinates: 39°56′37″N 74°54′17″W / 39.943625°N 74.90468°W
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