School district in Camden County, New Jersey, US
Voorhees Township Public Schools |
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329 Route 73
Voorhees Township , Camden County, New Jersey, 08043 |
Coordinates | 39°50′49″N 74°57′35″W / 39.84699°N 74.959679°W / 39.84699; -74.959679 |
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Grades | PreK-8 |
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Superintendent | Neely Hackett |
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Business administrator | Helen Haley |
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Schools | 5 |
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Enrollment | 2,976 (as of 2019–20)[1] |
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Faculty | 228.6 FTEs[1] |
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Student–teacher ratio | 13.0:1[1] |
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District Factor Group | I |
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Website | www.voorhees.k12.nj.us |
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Ind. |
Per pupil |
District spending |
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K-8 average |
%± vs. average
| 1A | Total Spending | $17,502 | 47 | $18,891 | −7.4% | 1 | Budgetary Cost | 14,438 | 46 | 14,159 | 2.0% | 2 | Classroom Instruction | 9,614 | 74 | 8,659 | 11.0% | 6 | Support Services | 1,896 | 28 | 2,167 | −12.5% | 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,299 | 15 | 1,547 | −16.0% | 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,505 | 41 | 1,612 | −6.6% | 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 117 | 62 | 104 | 12.5% | 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 76,510 | 80 | 61,136 | Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84 |
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The Voorhees Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Voorhees Township, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]
As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 2,976 students and 228.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.0:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.[4]
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District, a limited-purpose, public regional school district that serves students at Eastern Regional High School from the constituent communities of Berlin Borough, Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township.[5] As of the 2019–20 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,928 students and 140.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.7:1.[6]
- ^ a b c d District information for Voorhees Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2021.
- ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ^ Voorhees Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Voorhees Township Public Schools. Accessed February 5, 2010. "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 Voorhees Township School District. Composition: The Voorhees Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Township of Voorhees in the County of Camden."
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 15, 2014.
- ^ Eastern Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 18, 2017. "Our district is a limited purpose public regional high school serving students in grades 9 through 12. The student population is multicultural and reflects the diversity of the three communities it serves: Berlin Borough, Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township."
- ^ School data for Eastern Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2021.