Lawrence Township School District

Lawrence Township School District
Superintendent: Thomas Smith, Jr.
Business Administrator: Lisa DiNovi
Address: 225 Main Street
Cedarville, NJ 08311
Grade Range: K-8
School facilities: 1
Enrollment: 472 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 40.2
Student–teacher ratio: 11.7
District Factor Group: A
Web site: http://www.myronlpowell.org/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $11,888 21 $12,420 -4.3%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,981 43 7,588 5.2%
6 Support Services 840 1 1,771 -52.6%
8 Administrative Cost 1,641 41 1,411 16.3%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,318 24 1,462 -9.8%
13 Extracurricular Activities 92 21 97 -5.2%
16 Median Teacher Salary 54,322 38 54,453
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Lawrence Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Lawrence Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 472 students and 40.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth 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]

For grades 9-12, public school students in Lawrence Township are assigned to one of two school districts determined by the location of their residence. Students attend high school either in Bridgeton or Millville, based on sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts, the Bridgeton Public Schools and the Millville Public Schools. Students sent to Bridgeton attend Bridgeton High School.[4] Students sent to Millville attend Memorial High School for grades 9 and half of the 10th grade and Millville Senior High School for half of the 10th grade through the 12th grade.[5]

Contents

School

The Myron L. Powell School had an enrollment of 472 students as of the 2008-09 school year.[6]

Administration

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

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Lawrence Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 5, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  4. ^ Bridgeton High School 2007 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 11, 2008. "In addition to city students, the high school also serves as a receiving school for two rural school districts, Downe and Lawrence Townships."
  5. ^ Jones, Jean. "Maurice River enlists state help in fighting Millville HS tuition increase", South Jersey News Online, January 16, 2008. Accessed June 11, 2008. "He said Millville is unwilling to pass on its need for more funding to its own taxpayers so it is passing the increase on to the sending districts -- Commercial, Maurice River and Lawrence townships and Woodbine."
  6. ^ Data for the Myron L. Powell Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 5, 2011.
  7. ^ a b Administration, Lawrence Township School District. Accessed December 7, 2009.
  8. ^ Cumberland County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  9. ^ Lawrence Township Board of Education, Lawrence Township School District. Accessed December 7, 2009.

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