Laurel Springs School District

Laurel Springs School District
623 Grand Avenue
Laurel Springs, NJ 08021
District information
Grades K-6
Superintendent Thomas Attanasi
Business administrator William H. Thompson
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 179 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 14.2 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.61:1
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website http://www.laurelspringschool.org/
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-6
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$14,9636$18,891-20.8%
1Budgetary Cost13,7052313,6490.4%
2Classroom Instruction8,528248,3661.9%
6Support Services2,008232,161-7.1%
8Administrative Cost1,630311,46711.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,499251,552-3.4%
13Extracurricular Activities181539-53.8%
16Median Teacher Salary57,1362957,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

The Laurel Springs School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through sixth grade from Laurel Springs in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 179 students and 14.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.61:1.[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.[3]

For seventh and eighth grades, students from Laurel Springs attend Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School, run by the Stratford School District in Stratford. Students from Laurel Springs attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[4]

For ninth grade through twelfth grade, public school students attend Sterling High School, a regional high school district that serves students from Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford, along with the sending districts of Hi-Nella and Laurel Springs, who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships.[5][6] The high school is located in Somerdale.

School

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Laurel Springs School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ Samuel S. Yellin School 2013 Report card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014. "Samuel Yellin houses approximately 500 students that are comprised of five grade levels, ranging from 4th – 8th grade in which students from Laurel Springs enter Samuel Yellin in the 7th grade."
  5. ↑ Sterling High School 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014. "Sterling High School District is a regional district serving Hi Nella, Laurel Springs, Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford."
  6. ↑ Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011, Sterling High School District. Accessed December 8, 2014. "The purpose of the School District is to provide educational services for resident students in grades 9 through 12 that reside in the Borough's of Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford. In addition, the School District provides educational services for students in grades 9 through 12 received, on a tuition basis, from the Laurel Springs School District and the Hi-Nella School District."
  7. ↑ Data for Laurel Spring School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  8. 1 2 Board of Education, Laurel Springs School District. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 23, 2015.

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Coordinates: 39°49′22″N 75°00′12″W / 39.822735°N 75.003407°W / 39.822735; -75.003407

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