Millville Public Schools is a school district

School district

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 that serves the city of Millville

Millville, New Jersey

Millville is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city population was 26,847. Millville, Bridgeton and Vineland are the three principal New Jersey cities of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area which...

, in Cumberland County

Cumberland County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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, United States. The district is one of 31 Abbott District

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s statewide.

Students from Woodbine

Woodbine, New Jersey

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 attend the district's high schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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. Maurice River Township

Maurice River Township, New Jersey

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 students also attend the district's high schools, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Maurice River Township School District

Maurice River Township School District

The Maurice River Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, from Maurice River Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States....

. Commercial Township

Commercial Township, New Jersey

Commercial Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...

 and Lawrence Township

Lawrence Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Lawrence Township is a township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...

 also send students to the district's high schools.

In 2003, Lakeside Middle School was identified as one of seven "persistently dangerous" high schools in New Jersey.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 10 schools had an enrollment of 6,276 students and 515.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2.

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 "A", the 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 Statistics

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) are:

Preschool (PreK)

• Child Family Center - 599 students
  • JoAnn Burns - Principal
  • Leona Salvatore - Vice Principal

Primary schools (K-5)

• Bacon Elementary School - 293 students
  • Karen Harris - Principal
• Holly Heights Elementary School - 533 students
  • Stephen Saul - Principal
  • Patricia Tyszka - Vice Principal
• Mt. Pleasant Elementary School - 242 students
  • Arlene Jenkins - Principal
• Rieck Avenue Elementary School - 464 students
  • Dr. Brian Robinson - Principal
  • Scott Sheppard - Vice Principal
• Silver Run Elementary School - 577 students
  • Dr. Pamela Moore - Principal
  • Judith Kessler - Assistant Principal
• Wood Elementary School - 306 students
  • Harry Drew - Principal

Middle schools

• Lakeside Middle School grades 6-8 - 1,089 students
  • Thomas Denning - Principal
  • Diane Garrison - Vice Principal - 6th Grade
  • Stephen Wilchensky - Vice Principal - 7th Grade
  • Wayne Greco - Vice Principal - 8th Grade

High schools

• Memorial High School
  Memorial High School (Millville, New Jersey)
  Memorial High School is a public high school in Millville, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the Millville Public Schools. The school was built in 1925 and used as the Millville High School from 1925-1964 until the Millville Senior High School was built...
  
   grades 9 and half of 10th - 803 students
  • Al Johnson - Principal
  • Steve Platt - Vice-Principal
  • Scott Godfrey - Vice-Principal of Discipline
• Millville Senior High School
  Millville Senior High School
  Millville Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Millville, New Jersey, operating as part of the Millville Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1943. Students from...
  
   grades 10-12 - 1,370 students
  • Dr. Christy Thompson - Principal
  • Dr. Kyriakos Evrenoglou - Alternative School Principal
  • Edward Regan - Administrative Vice Principal
  • Stephanie DeRose - Vice Principal of Discipline
  • Douglas Volovar - Vice Principal of Discipline

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. David Gentile, Superintendent
• Bryce Kell, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Millville Public Schools
• Data for the Millville 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...