Global InformationLawrence Township School District information
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225 Main Street
Cedarville , Cumberland County, New Jersey, 08311United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°20′20″N 75°12′13″W / 39.339008°N 75.203601°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK-8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Shellymarie Magan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Lisa DiNovi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 484 (as of 2022–23)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 44.6 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 10.9:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | District website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Lawrence Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Lawrence Township, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 484 students and 44.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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.[5]
For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students in Lawrence Township are assigned to one of two school districts based on the location of their residence. Students attend high school either in Bridgeton or Millville, based on sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts, the Bridgeton Public Schools and the Millville Public Schools.[6][7] Students sent to Bridgeton attend Bridgeton High School.[8] Students sent to Millville join students from Commercial Township, Maurice River Township and Woodbine and attend Memorial High School for ninth grade and half of the tenth grade and Millville Senior High School for half of the tenth grade through the twelfth grade.[9][10]
- ^ a b c d District information for Lawrence Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
- ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ^ School Performance Reports for the Lawrence Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
- ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Lawrence Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
- ^ Lawrence Township Board of Education District Policy Manual, Lawrence Township School District. Accessed August 20, 2020. "It shall be the policy of the Lawrence Township Board of Education that secondary school students residing in Lawrence Township shall follow the following procedures concerning secondary school attendance: Students living east or south of a line that follows the Central Railroad tracks from the southern border of the township to the stream running from Lummistown Pond and feeding Cedarville Pond and south of Lummis Mill Road shall attend Millville High School. All other students shall attend Bridgeton High School."
- ^ Lawrence Township Archived 2014-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed December 8, 2014. "Students in Lawrence Township go on to finish their high school education at Millville High School or Bridgeton High School, depending on their location, under a regional partnership agreement."
- ^ Staff. "Bridgeton High School", South Jersey Magazine. Accessed December 8, 2014. "Bridgeton High School provides opportunities for students from Bridgeton, Lawrence Township and Downe Township in Cumberland County to become members of society who are thoughtful, informed, involved and committed to life-long learning."
- ^ Sending District Students Archived 2014-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, Millville Public Schools. Accessed December 8, 2014. "9TH – 12th grade students who attend Memorial and MSHS from Woodbine, Commercial Township, Lawrence Township, and Maurice River Township will need to establish their proof of residency with their district."
- ^ Jones, Jean. "Maurice River enlists state help in fighting Millville HS tuition increase", South Jersey Times, January 16, 2008. Accessed December 8, 2014. "He said Millville is unwilling to pass on its need for more funding to its own taxpayers so it is passing the increase on to the sending districts -- Commercial, Maurice River and Lawrence townships and Woodbine."