Grades K-8 Business administrator Robert F. Wachter, Jr. Student-teacher ratio 12.77:1 Phone +1 856-235-3387 Schools 8 | Superintendent Dr. Antoinette Rath Enrollment 4,201 (as of 2011-12) District Factor Group I Number of students 4,201 Faculty 329 | |
Address 330 Mt Laurel Rd, Mt Laurel, NJ 08054, USA Hours Closed today SundayClosedMonday8AM–4PMTuesday8AM–4PMWednesday8AM–4PMThursday8AM–4PMFriday8AM–4PMSaturdayClosed Similar Lenape High School, South Valley Elementa, Hartford School, Mooresto Township Sch District, Mooresto Township School Di | ||
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The Mount Laurel Schools is a public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Mount Laurel Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Mount Laurel Township School District includes eight schools. The grade configuration includes six schools serving kindergarten through fourth-grade students. Students are assigned to one of the six kindergarten through fourth-grade schools based upon a geographic districting plan. All students move into the upper elementary level together for fifth and sixth-grade, and remain together for entrance to the middle school for grades 7 and 8.
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As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's eight schools had an enrollment of 4,201 students and 329.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.77:1.
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 Mount Laurel in ninth through twelfth grades attend Lenape High School, located in Medford Township. Shawnee is part of the Lenape Regional High School District, a regional secondary school district in Burlington County that also serves the eight municipalities of Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township at its four high schools.
A major employer within the community, Mount Laurel School District has 420 certified staff members and an additional contingent of 320 support staff. The district's transportation department operates a tiered busing system that covers the municipality's 22 square miles (57 km2) four times each day. Mount Laurel Schools' maintenance and custodial staff maintains 669,928 square feet (62,238 m2) of educational space on a daily basis.
Awards and recognition
Fleetwood Elementary School was one of four schools in New Jersey recognized by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, awarded by the United States Department of Education, for the 2005-06 school year.
For the 1995-96 school year, Fleetwood School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.
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: