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Haddon Heights School District
Administration Building
Haddon Heights, NJ 08035
District information
GradesK-12
SuperintendentMichael W. Adams
Business administratorMark Stratton
Schools4
Students and staff
Enrollment1,334 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty117.0 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio11.40:1
Other information
District Factor GroupGH
Websitehttp://hhsd.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,24917$18,891−8.7%
1Budgetary Cost13,2221614,783−10.6%
2Classroom Instruction8,197248,763−6.5%
6Support Services1,68872,392−29.4%
8Administrative Cost1,35231,485−9.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,416141,783−20.6%
13Extracurricular Activities56037268109.0%
16Median Teacher Salary60,8632564,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The Haddon Heights School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Haddon Heights, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,334 students and 117.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.40:1.[1]

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.[3]

The districts' high school also serves students from the neighboring communities of Barrington and Lawnside who attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships.[4][5] The Haddon Heights district approved a plan in September 2013 that would add nearly 80 students a year from Merchantville to the high school, in addition to the average of more than 260 students from Barrington and 120 from Lawnside that are sent to Haddon Heights each year.[6] The plan was approved by the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, and students from Merchantville began attending the school in September 2015. Students from Merchantville already in high school before 2015 will continue to attend Pennsauken High School until their graduation, as part of a longstanding sending/receiving relationship with the Pennsauken Public Schools in Pennsauken Township.[7][8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10]

Elementary schools
  • Atlantic Avenue Elementary School[11] (166 students; grades K-6)
  • Glenview Elementary School[12] (211; PreK-6)
  • Seventh Avenue Elementary School[13] (133; K-6)
High school

Administration

Core members of the school administration are:[15]

  • Michael W. Adams, Superintendent[16]
  • Mark Stratton, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[17]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for Haddon Heights School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 13, 2014.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 13, 2014.
  4. ^ About Our School, Haddon Heights High School. Accessed December 13, 2014. "Haddon Heights High School serves over eight hundred students from three local towns: Haddon Heights, Barrington, and Lawnside."
  5. ^ Haddon Heights Public Schools 2013 Report Card Narrative. New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 19, 2015. "Professional development with our two sending districts, Barrington and Lawnside, continues to increase so that our students enter high school with the same educational background."
  6. ^ Correa, Mark. "Haddon Heights board OKs plan to bring Merchantville students to high school", Barrington Bulletin, September 16, 2013. Accessed December 13, 2014. "The Haddon Heights School District Board of Education approved a contract with the Merchantville School District this month that would add Merchantville to Barrington and Lawnside as communities that send students to Haddon Heights High School, the district confirmed.... Barrington is projected in coming years to send about 263 students per year to Haddon Heights High School, the study said."
  7. ^ Romalino, Carly Q. "Merchantville school decision 'historic'", Courier-Post, April 17, 2015. Accessed November 1, 2015. "The state's final authorization this week allowing Merchantville to choose Haddon Heights High School over Pennsauken, is a 'landmark decision' for a state focused on school choice, according to education officials."
  8. ^ "Send/Receive Final Decision; The Commissioner of Education affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's decision to start a send/receive relationship with Haddon Heights for our High School students.", Merchantville School District. Accessed November 1, 2015. "The Merchantville Board of Education is proud to announce that the Commissioner of Education has affirmed the Administrative Law Judge’s decision to sever its sending-receiving relationship with Pennsauken and enter into a new sending-receiving relationship with Haddon Heights.... The current graduating 8th graders (Merchantville Class of 2015) will be able to attend Haddon Heights High School under the send/receive agreement. However, students that are already attending Pennsauken HS or other high schools will not qualify to attend under the new send/receive agreement. Instead, every year for four years, a new class will be sent to Haddon Heights until all of our students are phased into Haddon Heights."
  9. ^ School Data for the Haddon Heights School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 13, 2014.
  10. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Haddon Heights School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 13, 2014.
  11. ^ Atlantic Avenue Elementary School, Haddon Heights School District. Accessed December 13, 2014.
  12. ^ Glenview Elementary School, Haddon Heights School District. Accessed December 13, 2014.
  13. ^ Seventh Avenue Elementary School, Haddon Heights School District. Accessed December 13, 2014.
  14. ^ Haddon Heights High School, Haddon Heights School District. Accessed October 14, 2013.
  15. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 13, 2014.
  16. ^ About Michael W. Adams, Haddon Heights School District. Accessed December 13, 2014.
  17. ^ Business Office Staff, Haddon Heights School District. Accessed December 13, 2014.

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