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311 Reading Avenue
Barrington , Camden County, 08007United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°52′19″N 75°03′18″W / 39.871839°N 75.055043°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK to 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Anthony Arcodia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Samuel L. Dutkin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 567 (as of 2020–21)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 60.8 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 9.3:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | FG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Barrington Public Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Barrington, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]
As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 567 students and 60.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.3:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From the lowest socioeconomic status to the highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[4]
For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Haddon Heights Junior/Senior High School, which serves Haddon Heights, and students from Barrington, Lawnside and Merchantville who attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Haddon Heights School District.[5][6] The Haddon Heights district approved a contract in September 2013 with the Merchantville School District that would add about 80 students a year from Merchantville to the high school, in addition to the average of more than 260 students from Barrington and 120 from Lawnside that are sent to Haddon Heights each year.[7] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 997 students and 82.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.[8]
- ^ a b c d District information for Barrington School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
- ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ^ Barrington Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Barrington Public Schools. Accessed September 13, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Barrington School District. Composition: The Barrington School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Barrington."
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 11, 2014.
- ^ Haddon Heights High School 2015-2016 Profile, Haddon Heights School District. Accessed December 8, 2017. "The rich fabric of our student body is enhanced by a diverse population, coming to us from the neighboring communities of Barrington, Lawnside and Merchantville (starting with the Class of 2019)"
- ^ Haddon Heights School District 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 17, 2016. "Professional development with our two sending districts, Barrington and Lawnside, continues to increase so that our students enter high school with the same educational background."
- ^ Correa, Mark. "Haddon Heights board OKs plan to bring Merchantville students to high school", Barrington Bulletin, September 16, 2013. Accessed December 11, 2014. "The Haddon Heights School District Board of Education approved a contract with the Merchantville School District this month that would add Merchantville to Barrington and Lawnside as communities that send students to Haddon Heights High School, the district confirmed.... Barrington is projected in coming years to send about 263 students per year to Haddon Heights High School, the study said."
- ^ School data for Haddon Heights Jr./Sr. High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.