Student-teacher ratio 13.31:1 1A Total Spending $19,414 67 Schools 8 Grades K-12 Enrollment 4,353 (as of 2011-12) | District Factor Group DE Total Spending $19,414 Number of students 4,353 (2011–2012) Faculty 327 Business administrator Kelvin Smith Superintendent Dr. Ronald G. Taylor | |
Website www.willingboroschools.org | ||
The Willingboro Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Willingboro Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
Contents
- Map of Willingboro Township Public Schools NJ USA
- History
- Governance
- Awards and recognition
- Schools
- Administration
- References
Map of Willingboro Township Public Schools, NJ, USA
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's eight schools had an enrollment of 4,353 students and 327.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.31:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.
History
In 1994 the district established a task force on how to combat violence perpetrated by students. This was the second time the district had established such a task force in a two year period.
In 2002 the district had 5,500 students. That year Toni Callas of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that the district had "mediocre test scores and a tainted public image." In 2002 it took steps to implement school uniforms and establish three magnet programs in order to attract students to its schools.
Governance
On January 5, 2004, the district enacted a mandatory school uniform policy.
Awards and recognition
For the 2005-06 school year, Garfield East Elementary School was one of 22 schools statewide selected as Governor's School of Excellence Winners, an award given to schools that have demonstrated significant academic improvement over the previous two academic years.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
The S.W. Bookbinder, J.A. McGinley and Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary Schools were closed at the end of the 2005-06 school year as part of an effort to save about $3.6 million, through the reduction of as many as 100 staff members and class sizes increased as large as 27 at the five remaining elementary schools. The cuts were needed to fill a two-year budget deficit of nearly $10 million.
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are: