Lawnside School District

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]

Lawnside School District
Address
426 Charleston Avenue
, Camden County, New Jersey, 08045
United States
Coordinates39°51′52″N 75°01′14″W / 39.86449°N 75.020465°W / 39.86449; -75.020465
District information
GradesPre-K to 8
SuperintendentRonn H. Johnson
Business administratorDawn Leary
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment332 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty27.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.lawnside.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District
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

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 332 students and 27.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.[1]

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.[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 and Lawnside who attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Haddon Heights School District.[6][7] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 906 students and 77.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.[8]

School

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Lawnside schoolhouse c.1940

Lawnside Public School served an enrollment of 311 students in the 2018–19 school year.[9]

Administration

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

  • Ronn H. Johnson, superintendent[11]
  • Dawn Leary, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d District information for Lawnside School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 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. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2014.
  6. ^ About Our School Archived 2008-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, Haddon Heights High School. Accessed October 28, 2014. "Haddon Heights High School serves over eight hundred students from three local towns: Haddon Heights, Barrington, and Lawnside."
  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 April 1, 2020.
  9. ^ School Data for the Lawnside Public School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  10. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  11. ^ Superintendent's Message, Lawnside School District. Accessed April 3, 2020.
  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 April 15, 2024. 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 April 3, 2020.
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