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Student-teacher ratio
  
11.85:1

Website
  
www.woodburysch.com

Total Spending
  
$19,438

Number of students
  
1,505 (2016–2017)

Faculty
  
127.5

Business administrator
  
Kara L. Huber

District Factor Group
  
B

1A
  
Total Spending

$19,438
  
33

Schools
  
4

Grades
  
pre-K to 12

Enrollment
  
1,505 (as of 2016-17)

Superintendent
  
Robert H. Goldschmidt (Interim)

The Woodbury Public Schools (WPS) are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Woodbury, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.

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Map of Woodbury Public Schools, NJ, USA

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,511 students and 127.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.85:1.

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.

Awards and recognition

  • Evergreen Avenue Elementary School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.
  • Evergreen Avenue Elementary School was recognized in the 2001-02 school year as a Star School, by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest state honor a New Jersey school can receive.
  • In 1998-99, the Woodbury Public Schools was recognized with the Best Practices Award by the New Jersey Department of Education for its Hollywood Kids Special Education program for students in Pre-K through 5th grade.
  • Woodbury Junior-Senior High School was recognized as a NASA Explorer School in 2004, one of only 50 selected in the nation to work exclusively with NASA on improving technology and science education in the school.
  • The Woodbury High School received the Gaston Caperton College Board Award, celebrating the “extraordinary commitment of educators and communities to their students' futures.” This award is given to three schools in the nation on an annual basis.
  • The Woodbury Junior-Senior High School is an AVID National Demonstration school, one of approximately 125 schools out of over 4,000 AVID schools nationally.

    • Schools

    Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

    Elementary schools
  • Evergreen Avenue Elementary School (grades preK-5; 282 students)
  • Thomas Braddock – Principal
  • Walnut Street Elementary School (K-5; 117)
  • Dr. Jeffrey Adams – Principal
  • West End Memorial Elementary School (K-5; 389)
  • Vincent Myers – Principal
    • Middle / high school
  • Woodbury Junior-Senior High School (6-12; 717)
  • Dr. Jason Vivadelli – Principal

    • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Robert H. Goldschmidt, Interim Superintendent
  • Kara L. Huber, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

    • References

    Woodbury Public Schools Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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