Lawrence Township Public Schools

Lawrence Township Public Schools
Superintendent:		Dr. Crystal Lovell
Business Administrator:		Tom Eldridge
Address:		2565 Princeton Pike Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Grade Range:		K-12
School facilities:		7
Enrollment:		3,974 (as of 2009-10)
Faculty (in FTEs):		337
Student–teacher ratio:		11.79
District Factor Group:		GH
Web site:		http://www.ltps.org/
Ind.	Per Pupil	District Spending	Rank (*)	K-12 Average	%± vs. Average
1	Comparative Cost	$15,494	86	$13,632	13.7%
2	Classroom Instruction	8,230	72	8,035	2.4%
6	Support Services	2,856	92	2,166	31.9%
8	Administrative Cost	1,477	76	1,379	7.1%
10	Operations & Maintenance	1,842	80	1,674	10.0%
13	Extracurricular Activities	296	74	258	14.7%
16	Median Teacher Salary	57,630	49	57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide. *Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

The Lawrence Township Public Schools are comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Lawrence Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's seven schools had an enrollment of 3,974 students and 337 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.79.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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.

Awards and recognition

For the 1999-2000 school year, Lawrence Middle School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.The Lawrence Township Public Schools are also well known for their excellence in the arts, named as one of the "Best Communities for Music Education" in the nation, by NAMM, in 2005, 2008 and 2009.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary Schools

• Eldridge Park Elementary (Grades K-3; 240 students)
  • Kathy Robbins, Principal
• Ben Franklin Elementary (Grades K-3; 448)
  • Christopher Turnbull, Principal
• Lawrenceville Elementary (Grades K-3; 375)
  • Judith A. Bronston, Principal
• Slackwood Elementary (Grades K-3; 264)
  • Jay Billy, Principal
• Lawrence Intermediate School (Grades 4-6; 877)
  • David Adam, Principal
  • Cynthia Westhead, Assistant Principal

Middle School

• Lawrence Middle School (Grades 7-8; 588)
  • Andrew Zuckerman, Principal
  • Mindy Milavsky, Assistant Principal

High School

• Lawrence High School (Grades 9-12; 1,158). Students from Robbinsville Township (known as Washington Township until 2007) had attended Lawrence High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship which ended with the final group of seniors who graduated in the 2006-07 school year.
  • David Roman, Principal, Lower School
  • Dave Millinowicz, Assistant Principal, Lower High School
  • Jon Dauber, Principal, Upper School
  • Cliff Williams, Assistant Principal, Upper High School

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Crystal Lovell, Superintendent
• Tom Eldridge, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Lawrence Township Public Schools
• Lawrence Township Public Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Lawrence Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics