| Wenonah School District | |
| Superintendent: | Kristine Height |
| Businessadmin: | Denise DiGiandomenico (interim) |
| Address: | 200 North Clinton Avenue |
| City: | Wenonah |
| County: | Gloucester County |
| State: | New Jersey |
| Zipcode: | 08090 |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 39.7943°N -75.1492°W |
| Grades: | K-6 |
| Schools: | 1 |
| Enrollment: | 167 (as of 2022–23) |
| Faculty: | 19.9 FTEs |
| Ratio: | 8.4:1 |
| Free Label: | District Factor Group |
| Free Text: | I |
| Website: | District website |
The Wenonah School District is a community public school district that serves students in preschool through sixth grade from Wenonah, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] [2] [3] [4]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 167 students and 19.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.4:1.[5] In the 2016–17 school year, Wenonah had the 37th smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 177 students.[6]
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.[7]
For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend Gateway Regional High School, a regional public high school that also serves students from the boroughs of National Park, Westville and Woodbury Heights, as part of the Gateway Regional High School District.[8] [9] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 879 students and 81.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[10]
Wenonah Elementary School served an enrollment of 175 students in grades PreK-6 for the 2018–19 school year.[11]
Core members of the district's administration are:[12] [13]
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.[14] [15] [16]