Voorhees Township Public Schools

Voorhees Township Public Schools
Type and location
Grades K-8
Address 329 Route 73
Voorhees, NJ 08043
District information
Superintendent Raymond J. Brosel, Jr.
Business administrator Frank T. DeBerardinis
Schools 5
Students and staff
Enrollment 3,173 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 241.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 13.14:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website http://www.voorhees.k12.nj.us/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-8
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$17,50247$18,891-7.4%
1Budgetary Cost14,4384614,1592.0%
2Classroom Instruction9,614748,65911.0%
6Support Services1,896282,167-12.5%
8Administrative Cost1,299151,547-16.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,505411,612-6.6%
13Extracurricular Activities1176210412.5%
16Median Teacher Salary76,5108061,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Voorhees Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district serving students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Voorhees Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 3,173 students and 241.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.14:1.[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 in ninth through twelfth grades attend the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District, a limited-purpose, public regional school district that serves students at Eastern Regional High School from the constituent communities of Berlin Borough, Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township.[4] As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's then two schools had an enrollment of 2,075 students and 138.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.04:1.[5]

Awards and recognition

For the 2003-04 school year, Edward T. Hamilton Elementary School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9]

Elementary schools
Middle school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15][16]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Voorhees Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 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 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ Eastern Regional High School 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 23, 2015. "Our district is a limited purpose public regional high school serving students in grades 9 through 12. The student population is multicultural and reflects the diversity of the three communities it serves: Berlin Borough, Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township. "
  5. ↑ District information for Eastern Camden County Regional, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ 2003 No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools Program Chosen Schools, United States Department of Education. Accessed June 6, 2006
  7. ↑ School Data for the Voorhees Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  8. ↑ Schools and School Administrators, Voorhees Township Public Schools. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the New Jersey School Directory for the Voorhees Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  10. ↑ Edward T. Hamilton Elementary School, Voorhees Township Public Schools. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  11. ↑ Kresson Elementary School, Voorhees Township Public Schools. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  12. ↑ Osage Elementary School, Voorhees Township Public Schools. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  13. ↑ Signal Hill Elementary School, Voorhees Township Public Schools. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  14. ↑ Voorhees Middle School, Voorhees Township Public Schools. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  15. ↑ Contact Information, Voorhees Township School District. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  16. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  17. ↑ Superintendent, Voorhees Township School District. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  18. ↑ Business Office, Voorhees Township School District. Accessed December 15, 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 39°50′49″N 74°57′35″W / 39.84699°N 74.959679°W