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Grades
  
PreK-12

Business administrator
  
Raymond Coxe

Enrollment
  
1,735 (as of 2013-14)

Number of students
  
1,735

Superintendent
  
Dr. Patricia Doloughty

Affiliation(s)
  
Faculty
  
171.1 FTEs

Schools
  
5

The City of Burlington Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade in the City of Burlington, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide, which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.

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Map of City of Burlington Public School District, Burlington, NJ 08016, USA

As of the 2013-14 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 1,735 students and 171.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.1:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest 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.

The district's high school serves as a receiving school for students in grade nine through twelve from Edgewater Park Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Edgewater Park School District.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2005" by the American Music Conference.

Schools

The schools in the district (with 2013-14 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary schools
  • Elias Boudinot Elementary School (grades K - 2; 103 students)
  • Captain James Lawrence Elementary School (PreK - 2; 153)
  • Samuel Smith Elementary School (PreK - 2; 323)
  • Wilbur Watts Intermediate School (3 - 6; 436)
  • High School
  • Burlington City High School (7 - 12; 720)
  • Administration

    Members of the district administration are:

  • Dr. Patricia Doloughty, Superintendent
  • Raymond Coxe, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    City of Burlington Public School District Wikipedia


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