Audubon School District Explained

For the school district in Iowa, see Audubon Community School District

Audubon Public School District
Superintendent:	Andrew (Andy) P. Davis
Businessadmin:	Deborah Roncace
Address:	350 Edgewood Avenue
City:	Audubon
County:	Camden County
State:	New Jersey
Zipcode:	08106
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	39.8851°N -75.0761°W
Grades:	PreK-12
Schools:	3
Enrollment:	1,463 (as of 2020–21)
Faculty:	122.2 FTEs
Ratio:	12.0:1
Free Label:	District Factor Group
Free Text:	DE

The Audubon Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Audubon, in Camden County, in the southern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[1]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,463 students and 122.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.^[2]

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]

Students from Audubon Park attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship established after Audubon Park closed its lone school in 1979.^[4] For grades 9-12, students from Mount Ephraim attend Audubon High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Mount Ephraim Public Schools.^{[5] [6]}

History

The two elementary schools in Audubon, Haviland Avenue School and Mansion Avenue School, had both served Kindergarten to sixth grade. This continued until the 2009-2010 school year when they were reconfigured so that Haviland is PreK-2 and Mansion is now grades 3-6.^[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[8]) are:^{[9] [10] [11]}

Elementary schools

• Haviland Avenue School^[12] with 254 students in grades PreK-2
  • Barbra Ledyard, principal
• Mansion Avenue School^[13] with 372 students in grades 3-6
  • Bonnie Smeltzer, principal

High school

• Audubon High School^[14] with 818 students in grades 7-12
  • Jeffrey Lebb, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^{[15] [16]}

• Andrew P. Davis, superintendent of schools
• Deborah J. Roncace, business administrator and board secretary^[17]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^{[18] [19] [20]}

External links

• Audubon School District

Notes and References

1. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=4c30d90ce4724b5d9d9b1376493bf4d5 Audubon Board of Education District Policy - Identification
2. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3401050&DistrictID=3401050 District information for Audubon Public School District
3. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
4. Atkins, Lissa D. "Audubon Park: No home ownership here", Courier-Post, October 19, 2006. Accessed December 11, 2014. "Audubon Park's only school is built. The school closed in 1979 because of declining enrollment; Audubon Park school children now attend schools in the Audubon School District."
5. [Lucille Davy|Davy, Lucille E.]
6. https://www.audubonschools.org/Content2/about-the-district About the District
7. Dengler, Julie. "Audubon BOE Budget Includes Restructuring", The Retrospect, March 7, 2008. Accessed March 4, 2015. "Under the proposal, Kindergarten through second graders would attend Haviland Ave. School while third through sixth graders would attend the Mansion Ave. School. The changes would eliminate a total of six elementary teaching jobs."
8. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401050 School Data for the Audubon School District
9. https://www.audubonschools.org/schools Schools
10. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/07/0150 School Performance Reports for the Audubon Public School District
11. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0150 New Jersey School Directory for the Audubon School District
12. https://www.audubonschools.org/has/home Haviland Avenue School
13. https://www.audubonschools.org/mas/home Mansion Avenue School
14. https://www.audubonschools.org/ahs/home Audubon High School
15. https://www.audubonschools.org/Content2/administration Administration
16. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/camden New Jersey School Directory for Camden County
17. https://www.audubonschools.org/Content2/business-office Business Office
18. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
19. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/0150.pdf#page=38 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Audubon School District
20. https://www.audubonschools.org/Administration2/board Board of Education