Waterford Township School District
| Waterford Township School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Gary L. Dentino | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Daniel J. Fox | ||||
| Address: | 1106 Old White Horse Pike Waterford, NJ 08089 |
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| Grade Range: | K-6 | ||||
| School facilities: | 3 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 942 (as of 2009-10)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 77 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 12.23 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | DE | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-6 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $14,606 | 46 | $12,195 | 19.8% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 8,241 | 41 | 7,366 | 11.9% |
| 6 | Support Services | 2,852 | 51 | 1,832 | 55.7% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,633 | 36 | 1,389 | 17.6% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,764 | 46 | 1,472 | 19.8% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 59,837 | 52 | 52,691 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=62 |
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The Waterford Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade from Waterford Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 942 students and 77 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.23.[1]
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.[3]
For grades 7 - 12, public school students attend Hammonton Middle School and Hammonton High School in Hammonton as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hammonton Public Schools, alongside students from Folsom, who attend as part of an agreement with the Folsom Borough School District.[4][5]
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[edit] Schools
Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6] are:
- Atco Elementary School for Kindergarten and first grade (256 students)
- Will Maddox - Principal[7]
- Thomas Richards School for prekindergarten through third grade (234 students)
- Will Maddox - Principal[7]
- Waterford Elementary School for grades four through six (442 students)
- Fred Hair - Principal[7]
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[7][8]
- Gary L. Dentino, Superintendent
- Daniel J. Fox, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the Waterford Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 29, 2011.
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ Hammonton Public Schools 2010 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 29, 2011. "We have a wonderful school system that serves the children of Hammonton, Waterford, and Folsom."
- ^ Puko, Timothy. "Sending Towns Feeling Pinched by Hammonton", The Press of Atlantic City, March 13, 2007. Accessed June 29, 2011. "The two school districts that send students to Hammonton are disputing tuition adjustments that would allow Hammonton School District to avoid a tax hike this year but cause large tax hikes in the sending districts. The school budgets for Hammonton and its sending districts Waterford and Folsom could hang in limbo well past next month's school board elections, and Waterford and Folsom could be left with budget fights and massive cuts, sending district superintendents said."
- ^ Data for the Waterford Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 29, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Administration, Waterford Township School District. Accessed March 17, 2011.
- ^ Camden County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Waterford Township School District website
- Waterford Township School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Waterford Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- School closing information
- Hammonton High School
Coordinates: 39°43′37″N 74°51′08″W / 39.726901°N 74.852218°W
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