Lindenwold Public Schools
Encyclopedia
The Lindenwold Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district
that serves students in pre-kindergarten
through twelfth grade
from Lindenwold
, in Camden County
, New Jersey
, United States.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 2,270 students and 202.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
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.
) are:
Elementary Schools (PreK-4)
Middle School (5-8)
High School (9-12)
School district
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that serves students in pre-kindergarten
Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-kindergarten refers to the first formal academic classroom-based learning environment that a child customarily attends in the United States. It begins between the ages of 3-5 depending on the length of the program...
through twelfth grade
Twelfth grade
Twelfth grade or Senior year, or Grade Twelve, are the North American names for the final year of secondary school. In most countries students then graduate at age 17 or 18. In some countries, there is a thirteenth grade, while other countries do not have a 12th grade/year at all...
from Lindenwold
Lindenwold, New Jersey
Lindenwold is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 17,613.The Borough of Lindenwold was created on April 23, 1929, from Clementon Township, one of seven municipalities created from the now-defunct township, and one of...
, in Camden County
Camden County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census the population of Camden County was 60.28% Non-Hispanic white, 18.45% Non-Hispanic black, 1.12% Hispanic blacks, 0.17% Non-Hispanic Native American, 0.15% Hispanic Native Americans, 5.07% Non-Hispanic Asian, and 0.14% non-Hispanics reporting some other race...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 2,270 students and 202.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...
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 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsNational 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...
) are:
Elementary Schools (PreK-4)
- Lindenwold School 4 (512 students)
- Dana Lawrence - Principal
- Lindenwold School 5 (536)
- Richard Taibi - Principal
Middle School (5-8)
- Lindenwold Middle School (619)
- J. Scott Strong - Principal
- Ezekial Gadson - Assistant Principal
High School (9-12)
- Lindenwold High SchoolLindenwold High SchoolLindenwold High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Lindenwold, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Lindenwold Public Schools....
(603)- Dr. Peter Brandt - Interim Principal
- Leslie Betts Woodward - Assistant Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:- Geraldine Carroll, Superintendent
- Renee Blizzard, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
External links
- Lindenwold Public Schools
- Data for the Lindenwold Public Schools, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe 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...