Laurel Springs School District Explained

Laurel Springs School District
Superintendent:	Ryan Mahlman
Businessadmin:	Erin Kearney
Address:	623 Grand Avenue
City:	Laurel Springs
County:	Camden County
State:	New Jersey
Zipcode:	08021
Grades:	PreK-6
Schools:	1
Enrollment:	188 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:	15.8 FTEs
Ratio:	11.9:1
Free Label:	District Factor Group
Free Text:	DE

The Laurel Springs School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Laurel Springs in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^{[1] [2]}

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 188 students and 15.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1.^[3]

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.^[4]

For seventh and eighth grades, students from Laurel Springs attend Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School in Stratford as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Stratford School District.^{[5] [6] [7]} As of the 2021–22 school year, Yellin School had an enrollment of 484 students and 41.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.^[8]

For ninth grade through twelfth grade, public school students attend Sterling High School, a regional high school district that also serves students from Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford, along with the sending districts of Hi-Nella and Laurel Springs.^{[5] [9] [10]} As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 897 students and 70.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1.^[11]

School

• Laurel Spring School had 176 students as of the 2021–22 school year.^[12]
  • Ryan Mahlman, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^{[13] [14]}

• Ryan Mahlman, superintendent
• Erin Kearney, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees 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.^{[15] [16]}

External links

• Laurel Spring School
  • Data for Laurel Spring School, National Center for Education Statistics
• Stratford School District
  • Sterling High School

39.8227°N -75.0034°W

Notes and References

1. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/07/2540 School Performance Reports for the Laurel Springs School District
2. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/2540 New Jersey School Directory for the Laurel Springs School District
3. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3408280&DistrictID=3408280 District information for Laurel Springs School District
4. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
5. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/07/2540/000.html Laurel Springs Public School District 2016 Report Card Narrative
6. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/07/5080/060.html Samuel S. Yellin School 2016 Report Card Narrative
7. Beerman, William J. "Laurel Springs Considers Transferring Students", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 21, 1989. Accessed October 17, 2013. "The Laurel Springs school board this week continued laying the groundwork for a possible attempt to withdraw Laurel Springs students from the Sterling Regional High School in Somerdale and the Yellin School in Stratford.... Laurel Springs has only one public school, the Laurel Springs School, which houses students from kindergarten through sixth grade. Laurel Springs' seventh and eighth graders go to Yellin."
8. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415870&ID=341587001670 School data for Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School
9. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/07/5035/050.html Sterling High School 2016 Report Card Narrative
10. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/11/5035.pdf Annual Comprehensive Financial Report For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011
11. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402880&ID=340288001662 School data for Sterling High School
12. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408280 Data for Laurel Spring School
13. https://www.laurelspringschool.org/about-us/trainers/ Our Administrators
14. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/camden New Jersey School Directory for Camden County
15. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
16. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/21/2540.pdf#page=42 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Laurel Springs Borough School District