The Hammonton Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 that serve students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Hammonton

Hammonton, New Jersey

Hammonton is a town in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 14,791. It is located directly between Philadelphia and the resort town of Atlantic City, along a former route of the Pennsylvania Railroad currently used by New Jersey...

, in Atlantic County

Atlantic County, New Jersey

-National protected areas:* Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge * Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River -Demographics:...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States.

Students from Folsom Borough

Folsom, New Jersey

Folsom is a borough in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 1,885.Folsom was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 23, 1906, from portions of Buena Vista Township.New Jersey Monthly magazine...

 (grades 9-12) and Waterford Township

Waterford Township, New Jersey

Waterford Township is a Township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the township population was 10,494....

 (7-12) attend the Hammonton schools as part of sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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s with the Folsom Borough School District

Folsom Borough School District

Folsom Borough School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Folsom, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States....

 and the Waterford Township School District

Waterford Township School District

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 four schools had an enrollment of 3,483 students and 251 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.88.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest 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.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2009-10 National Center for Education Statistics

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 enrollment data) are:

Elementary Schools

• Early Childhood Education Center with 569 students in pre-K through first grade.
  • Marlou Welsh - Principal
• Warren E. Sooy Elementary School with 694 students in grades 2 through 5.
  • Kristina Erman - Principal

Middle School

• Hammonton Middle School with 834 students in grades 6 through 8.
  • Gene Miller - Principal

High School

• Hammonton High School
  Hammonton High School
  Hammonton High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hammonton, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Hammonton Public Schools....
  
  , with an enrollment of 1,356 students in grades 9 through 12.
  • Thomas Ramsay - Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. C. Dan Blachford, Superintendent
• Barbara S. Prettyman, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Hammonton Public Schools
• Data for the Hammonton Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
  The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...