Mount Laurel Schools Explained

Mount Laurel Schools
Superintendent:George J. Rafferty
Businessadmin:Robert F. Wachter Jr.
Address:330 Moorestown-Mt. Laurel Road
City:Mount Laurel
County:Burlington County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:08054
Country:United States
Coordinates:39.9436°N -74.9047°W
Grades:PreK-8
Schools:8
Enrollment:4,214 (as of 2018–19)
Faculty:350.0 FTEs
Ratio:12.0:1
Free Label:District Factor Group
Free Text:I
Website:District website

The Mount Laurel Schools is a public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Mount Laurel Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Mount Laurel Township School District includes eight schools.

The grade configuration includes six schools serving pre-kindergarten / kindergarten through fourth-grade students. Students are assigned on a geographic basis to one of the six K-4 schools; Countryside serves the township's northwest; Fleetwood, the northeast; Hillside covers the north central portion of the township; Larchmont, a piece of the eastern side; Parkway, covers the western portion; and Springville the southern tip.[1] All students from the six K-4 schools feed into a single upper elementary school (for grades 5 and 6) and middle school (grades 7 and 8).[2]

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising eight schools, had an enrollment of 4,214 students and 350.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.[3]

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 from Mount Laurel in ninth through twelfth grades attend Lenape High School, located in Medford Township.[5] [6] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,895 students and 156.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[7] Lenape High School is part of the Lenape Regional High School District, a regional secondary school district in Burlington County that also serves the eight municipalities of Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township at its four high schools.[8] [9]

The district has 420 certified staff members and 320 support staff. The district's transportation department operates a tiered busing system that covers the municipality's 22sqmi four times each day. Mount Laurel Schools' maintenance and custodial staff maintains 669928square feet of educational space on a daily basis.

History

In 1948, during de jure educational segregation in the United States, the district had a school for black children. There was half a block between the white and black schools.[10]

Awards and recognition

Parkway Elementary School was one of four schools in New Jersey recognized by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, awarded by the United States Department of Education, for the 2005–06 school year.[11]

For the 1995–96 school year, Parkway Elementary School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[12]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics)[13] are:[14] [15] [16] [17]

Elementary schools
Middle schools

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[26] [27]

Board of education

The district's board of education, composed 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.[28] [29] [30]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mtlaurelschools.org/parents/attendance-boundaries/index.html Map of Boundaries
  2. http://www.mtlaurelschools.org/District/About-Your-Schools/index.html About Your Schools
  3. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3410950&DistrictID=3410950 District information for Mount Laurel Township 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/1516/05/2610/050.html Lenape High School 2016 Report Card Narrative
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20060927193134/http://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/test/new/schools/hsdistricts.shtml High School School Sending Districts
  7. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408490&ID=340849001094 School data for Lenape High School
  8. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/05/2610/000.html Lenape Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative
  9. Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Lenape Regional Serves: Evesham, Medford, Medford Lakes, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle, Woodland"
  10. Jensen. Noma. A Survey of Segregation Practices in the New Jersey School System. The Journal of Negro Education. Winter 1948. 17. 1. 84–88. Journal of Negro Education. 2966093. - CITED: p. 85.
  11. http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2005/2005-schools.html#nj Schools selected as No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools in 2005
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20061218215750/http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/ss/ss3.pl?string=id=024&maxhits=10000 Star School Award recipient detail
  13. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3410950 School Data for the Mount Laurel Schools
  14. http://www.mtlaurelschools.org/Schools/index.html Schools
  15. https://www.co.burlington.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/18358/Public-Schools-Directory-2023-24#page=57 Public Schools Directory 2023–2024
  16. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/05/3440 School Performance Reports for the Mount Laurel Schools
  17. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3440 New Jersey School Directory for the Mount Laurel Schools
  18. http://cs.mtlaurelschools.org Countryside Elementary School
  19. http://fw.mtlaurelschools.org Fleetwood Elementary School
  20. http://hs.mtlaurelschools.org Hillside Elementary School
  21. http://lm.mtlaurelschools.org Larchmont Elementary School
  22. http://pw.mtlaurelschools.org Parkway Elementary School
  23. http://sv.mtlaurelschools.org Springville Elementary School
  24. http://hf.mtlaurelschools.org Mount Laurel Hartford School
  25. http://hms.mtlaurelschools.org Thomas E. Harrington Middle School
  26. http://www.mtlaurelschools.org/District/Contact-Information/index.html Contact Information
  27. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/burlington New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County
  28. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  29. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/3440.pdf#page=39 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Mount Laurel Township School District
  30. http://www.mtlaurelschools.org/District/Board-of-Education/Board-Members/index.html Board of Education Members