Laurel Springs School District

Laurel Springs School District
Superintendent: Dr. Albert Brown
Business Administrator: William H. Thompson
Address: 623 Grand Avenue
Laurel Springs, NJ 08021
Grade Range: K-6
School facilities: 1
Enrollment: 159 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 9.0
Student–teacher ratio: 17.7
District Factor Group: DE
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-6
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $10,957 12 $12,195 -10.2%
2 Classroom Instruction 6,871 16 7,366 -6.7%
6 Support Services 1,293 9 1,832 -29.4%
8 Administrative Cost 1,639 39 1,389 18.0%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,119 8 1,472 -24.0%
13 Extracurricular Activities 17 10 40 -57.5%
16 Median Teacher Salary 46,818 8 52,691
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=62

The Laurel Springs School District is a community public school district that serves students in Pre-K through sixth grade from Laurel Springs in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.

For grades 7-8, students from Laurel Springs attend Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School, run by the Stratford School District in Stratford. Students from Laurel Springs attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[3]

For grades 9 - 12, students from Laurel Springs attend Sterling High School, a regional high school serving students from Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford, along with the sending districts of Hi-Nella and Laurel Springs.[4] The high school is located in Somerdale.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 159 students and 9.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.7.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth 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.[5]

Contents

School

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[8]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Laurel Springs School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Samuel S. Yellin School 2007 Report card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 28, 2008. "Stratford students in grades 4-8 attend the Samuel S. Yellin School. Students from Laurel Springs enter in the 7th grade."
  4. ^ Sterling High School 2007 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 18, 2008. "Sterling High School District is a regional district serving Hi Nella, Laurel Springs, Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford."
  5. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  6. ^ Data for Laurel Spring School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 28, 2009.
  7. ^ a b Welcome to Laurel Springs School, Laurel Springs School District. Accessed November 28, 2009.
  8. ^ Camden County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  9. ^ Board of Education, Laurel Springs School District. Accessed November 28, 2009.

External links

K-6
Laurel Springs · Waterford Township
K-8
K-12
9-12
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