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Medford Lakes School District

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Grades
  
PreK-8

Business administrator
  
Michael Colling

Student-teacher ratio
  
17.8:1

Number of students
  
762 (2014–2015)

Schools
  
2

Superintendent
  
Anthony V. Dent

Enrollment
  
762 (as of 2014-15)

District Factor Group
  
I

Phone
  
+1 609-654-5198

Faculty
  
42.8

Address
  
Medford Lakes, NJ 08055, USA

Similar
  
Haines 6th Grade Center, Indian Mills Memorial School, Medford Memorial School, Shawnee High School, Chairville Elementary School

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.

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As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 762 students and 42.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.8:1.

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.

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. 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. As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,597 students and 124.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1.

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.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

  • Nokomis School with 167 students in Pre-K to 2nd grade
  • Carole Ramage, Principal
  • Neeta School with 369 students in grades 3-8
  • Anthony Dent, Principal
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Anthony V. Dent, Superintendent
  • Michael Colling, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Medford Lakes School District Wikipedia