Medford Lakes School District

Medford Lakes School District
Type and location
Grades K-8
Address 135 Mudjekeewis Trail
Medford Lakes, NJ 08055
District information
Superintendent Anthony V. Dent
Business administrator Michael Colling
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 535 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 40.8 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.11:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website http://www.medford-lakes.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$15,2114$18,891-19.5%
1Budgetary Cost12,1861114,159-13.9%
2Classroom Instruction7,942198,659-8.3%
6Support Services1,592142,167-26.5%
8Administrative Cost1,433161,547-7.4%
10Operations & Maintenance1,164111,612-27.8%
13Extracurricular Activities5514104-47.1%
16Median Teacher Salary54,2111261,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Medford Lakes School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Medford Lakes, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 535 students and 40.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.11:1.[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 from Medford Lakes in ninth through twelfth grades attend Shawnee High School, together with students from Medford Township, where the school is located.[4][5] Shawnee is part of the Lenape Regional High School District, a regional secondary school district in Burlington County that serves the eight municipalities of Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Mount Laurel Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township at its four high schools.[6]

Awards and recognition

For the 2005-06 school year, the district was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "Destination America" Social Studies program at Neeta Elementary School.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Medford Lakes School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 10, 2014.
  4. ↑ Shawnee High School 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 21, 2015. "ATTENDANCE AREA: Medford Township and Medford Lakes Borough - Situated on a parcel of land in the southeastern end of Medford Township in the heart of The Pinelands, Shawnee High School was dedicated in 1971. In response to growth in the Medford and Medford Lakes communities, a construction and renovation project in the early 1990s expanded the facilities to help ensure the highest quality education for students in grades 9-12. "
  5. ↑ High School Sending Districts, Burlington County Library System, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2006. Accessed December 10, 2014.
  6. ↑ Lenape Regional High School District 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 10, 2014. "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."
  7. ↑ New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 23, 2006.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Medford Lakes Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 10, 2014.
  9. ↑ Our Schools, Medford Lakes Public Schools. Accessed December 10, 2014.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Medford Lakes Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 10, 2014.
  11. ↑ Nokomis School, Medford Lakes Public Schools. Accessed December 10, 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Administration, Medford Lakes School District. Accessed December 10, 2014.
  13. ↑ Neeta School, Medford Lakes Public Schools. Accessed December 10, 2014.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 10, 2014.

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Coordinates: 39°51′54″N 74°49′06″W / 39.865096°N 74.818431°W