Mount Laurel Schools

Mount Laurel Schools
Superintendent:		Dr. Antoinette Rath
Business Administrator:		Robert Wachter, Jr.
Address:		330 Moorestown-Mt. Laurel Road Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
Grade Range:		K-8
School facilities:		8
Enrollment:		4,343 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs):		343.0
Student–teacher ratio:		12.7
District Factor Group:		I
Web site:		http://www.mtlaurelschools.org
Ind.	Per Pupil	District Spending	Rank (*)	K-8 Average	%± vs. Average
1	Comparative Cost	$11,769	31	$12,420	-5.2%
2	Classroom Instruction	7,555	49	7,588	-0.4%
6	Support Services	1,516	27	1,771	-14.4%
8	Administrative Cost	1,264	24	1,411	-10.4%
10	Operations & Maintenance	1,245	19	1,462	-14.8%
13	Extracurricular Activities	61	21	97	-37.1%
16	Median Teacher Salary	56,350	54	54,453
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-8 districts with 751+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=88

The Mount Laurel Schools is a public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Mount Laurel Township in Burlington County, New Jersey.

Mount Laurel Township School District includes eight schools. The grade configuration includes six schools serving kindergarten through fourth-grade students. Students are assigned to one of the six kindergarten through fourth-grade schools based upon a geographic districting plan. All students move into the upper elementary level together for fifth and sixth-grade, and remain together for entrance to the middle school for grades 7 and 8.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's eight schools had an enrollment of 4,343 students and 34.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7.^[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.^[3]

Public school students in Mount Laurel Township for grades 9-12 attend Lenape High School, located in Medford Township.^[4] The high school is one of four schools in the Lenape Regional High School District, which serves students from Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Mount Laurel Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township.^[5]

A major employer within the community, Mount Laurel School District has 420 certified staff members and an additional contingent of 320 support staff. The district's transportation department operates a tiered busing system that covers the municipality's 22 square miles (57 km²) four times each day. Mount Laurel Schools' maintenance and custodial staff maintains 669,928 square feet (62,238 m²) of educational space on a daily basis.

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.^[6]

For the 1995-96 school year, Parkway School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.^[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[8] are:

Elementary Schools (PreK-4)

• Countryside Elementary School with 329 students
  • Lori Zataveski, Principal
• Fleetwood Elementary School with 356 students
  • Michael Profico, Principal
• Hillside Elementary School with 395 students
  • Mary Fitzgerald, Principal
• Larchmont Elementary School with 394 students
  • Sean Sweeney, Principal
• Parkway Elementary School with 381 students
  • Donna Kinn, Principal
• Springville Elementary School with 427 students
  • Dr. Gailen Mitchell, Principal

Upper Elementary School

• Mount Laurel Hartford School with 1,015 students in Grades 5 & 6
  • Steven Bollar, Principal

Middle School

• Thomas E. Harrington Middle School with 1,035 students in Grades 7 & 8
  • Christopher Clarke, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[9][10]

• Dr. Antoinette Rath, Superintendent^[11]
• Robert Wachter, Jr., Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

1. ^ ^{a b} District information for the Mount Laurel Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 24, 2011.
2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
3. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2009.
4. ^ Lenape High School 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 24, 2011. "ATTENDANCE AREA: Mount Laurel"
5. ^ Lenape Regional High School District 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 24, 2011. "The Lenape Regional High School District serves the eight municipalities of Evesham, Medford, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle and Woodland Townships and Medford Lakes Borough."
6. ^ "Schools selected as No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools in 2005". http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2005/2005-schools.html#nj. Retrieved May 2, 2006. 
7. ^ Star School Award recipient detail, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 18, 2006. Accessed November 30, 2009.
8. ^ Data for the Mount Laurel Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 24, 2011.
9. ^ Administration, Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed March 24, 2011.
10. ^ Burlington County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
11. ^ Superintendent, Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed March 24, 2011.

External links

• Mount Laurel Schools
• Mount Laurel Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Mount Laurel Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• Lenape Regional High School District

Coordinates: 39°56′37″N 74°54′17″W / 39.943625°N 74.90468°W / 39.943625; -74.90468