Lawnside School District

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Lawnside School District
Address
426 Charleston Avenue
Lawnside
, Camden County , New Jersey , 08045
United States
Coordinates 39°51′52″N75°01′14″W / 39.86449°N 75.020465°W / 39.86449; -75.020465
District information
Grades Pre-K to 8
SuperintendentRonn H. Johnson
Business administratorDawn Leary
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment347 (as of 2023–24) [1]
Faculty36.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio9.6:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website www.lawnside.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$21,61951$18,89114.4%
1Budgetary Cost16,3544614,15915.5%
2Classroom Instruction9,365408,6598.2%
6Support Services3,400542,16756.9%
8Administrative Cost1,602331,5473.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,972471,61222.3%
13Extracurricular Activities156104−85.6%
16Median Teacher Salary56,8603061,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Lawnside School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Lawnside, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3] [4]

Contents

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 347 students and 36.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6:1. [1]

The district had been 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. [5]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Haddon Heights High School, which serves Haddon Heights, and students from the neighboring communities of Barrington, Lawnside and Merchantville, who attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Haddon Heights School District. [6] [7] As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 942 students and 80.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. [8]

School

Lawnside schoolhouse c.1940 FWPNW026Lawnside756G.jpg
Lawnside schoolhouse c.1940

Lawnside Public School served an enrollment of 342 students in the 2023–24 school year. [9]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [10] [11]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. [12] [13] [14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Lawnside School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ School Performance Reports for the Lawnside School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  4. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Lawnside School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  5. ↑ District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ Office of Student Services/ Guidance Comprehensive Curriculum 2020- 2021, Haddon Heights School District. Accessed February 18, 2025. "In addition, the junior high counselor works with Haddon Heights and sending districts (Barrington, Lawnside, Merchantville) students to select courses for 9th grade."
  7. ↑ Haddon Heights School District 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 24, 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."
  8. ↑ School data for Haddon Heights Jr./Sr. High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  9. ↑ School Data for the Lawnside Public School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  10. ↑ Staff Directory, Lawnside School District. Accessed February 18, 2025.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  12. ↑ New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
  13. ↑ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Lawnside Borough School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed February 18, 2025. The School District is a Type II district located in the County of Camden, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education (the 'Board'). The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three member's terms expire each year. The Superintendent is appointed by the Board to act as executive officer of the School District. The purpose of the School District is to educate students in grades K through 8 at its school." See "Roster of Officials" on page 12.
  14. ↑ Board of Education Members, Lawnside School District. Accessed February 18, 2025.
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