Grades pre-K to 12 Business administrator Beth Ann Coleman Student-teacher ratio 11.34:1 Phone +1 856-962-5700 Schools 7 | Superintendent Dr. Scott A. Oswald Enrollment 1,875 (as of 2011-12) District Factor Group FG Number of students 1,875 Faculty 165.3 | |
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The Collingswood Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Collingswood, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
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As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's seven schools had an enrollment of 1,875 students and 165.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.34:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.
Students in ninth through twelfth grades from Woodlynne attend Collingswood High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Woodlynne School District. Students in grades 10-12 from Oaklyn attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oaklyn Public School District.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:.
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
Programs
On November 15, 1994, the International Educational Systems (IES) Language Foundation was scheduled to begin an afterschool language program for students of the Collingswood district in the 2nd through 6th grades. For a $36 ($58.17 according to inflation) monthly fee students could take Spanish or French classes. They were to be held for one hour once per week.
Controversy
The school district gained national and international media attention for calling the police on a 3rd grader, who allegedly made inappropriate remarks about brownies served at an end-of-year school party. The incident has brought attention to a school district policy of involving armed law enforcement officers to deal with all school discipline matters including name calling, resulting in up to five police visits a day according to Superintendent Scott Oswald. According to media reports, students are denied access to their parents and legal counsel during law enforcement interrogations, which take place within the school.