Global InformationOaklyn Public School District information
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136 Kendall Boulevard
Oaklyn , Camden County, New Jersey, 08107United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°54′11″N 75°05′19″W / 39.903111°N 75.088645°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK-5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Fredrick McDowell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Beth Ann Coleman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 282 (as of 2022–23)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 32.0 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 8.8:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | oaklynschool | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oaklyn Public School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade from Oaklyn, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4][5] Prior to the 2018–19 school year Oaklyn Public School served students through ninth grade.[6] Oaklyn was the last district in New Jersey that used a Kindergarten through ninth grade format.[7]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 282 students and 32.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.8:1.[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.[8]
Students in sixth through twelfth grades from Oaklyn attend Collingswood Middle School and Collingswood High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[9][10] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 747 students and 67.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[11]
- ^ a b c d District information for Oaklyn Public 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.
- ^ Oaklyn Board of Education District Bylaw 0110 - Identification, Oaklyn Public School District. Accessed July 29, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades K through nine in the Borough of Oaklyn School District. Composition: The Oaklyn School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Oaklyn."
- ^ School Performance Reports for the Oaklyn Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
- ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Oaklyn Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
- ^ Public Schools Archived 2017-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, Camden County, New Jersey. Accessed January 30, 2017.
- ^ "Oaklyn Board of Education, 12/19/2017 Minutes".
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 17, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "Collingswood High School", South Jersey magazine. Accessed November 17, 2014. "Collingswood High School serves about 850 students in grades nine through twelve from the Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne school districts."
- ^ Giordano, Rita. "N.J. puts pressure on schools to share Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne are just three districts being pushed to combine services - or more.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 2009. Accessed November 17, 2014. "Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne, she said, are reasonable candidates for administrative sharing. Oaklyn Superintendent Tommy Stringer is due to retire in December, and Woodlynne has an interim superintendent, Walter Rudder. Collingswood Superintendent Scott Oswald is established and well-regarded. Oaklyn and Woodlynne students attend Collingswood High School."
- ^ School data for Collingswood High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.