The Lower Alloways Creek Township School District is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Lower Alloways Creek Township

Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey

Lower Alloways Creek Township is a Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 1,851....

, in Salem County

Salem County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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, United States

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As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 231 students and 23.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

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 as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth 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.

For grades 9-12, students attend Salem High School

Salem High School (New Jersey)

Salem High School is a comprehensive community four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Salem City, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Salem City School District....

 in Salem City

Salem, New Jersey

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, as part of a sending/receiving relationship

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 with the Salem City School District.

School

Lower Alloways Creek Elementary School had an enrollment of 231 students in the 2007-08 school year.

• Allan Burch, Assistant Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Fred Pratta, Chief School Administrator
• Rebecca Joyce, Board Secretary / School Business Administrator

External links

• Lower Alloways Creek Elementary School
• Data for the Lower Alloways Creek Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics
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