Cherry Hill Public Schools

Cherry Hill Public Schools
Address
45 Ranoldo Terrace
Cherry Hill
, Camden County, New Jersey, 08034
United States
Coordinates39°54′26″N 75°00′05″W / 39.907192°N 75.001258°W / 39.907192; -75.001258
District information
GradesPreK to 12
SuperintendentKwame R. Morton (acting)
Business administratorLynn E. Shugars
Schools19
Students and staff
Enrollment10,596 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty887.6 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupGH
Websitewww.chclc.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,27632$18,891−8.5%
1Budgetary Cost13,3223014,783−9.9%
2Classroom Instruction8,396388,763−4.2%
6Support Services2,073382,392−13.3%
8Administrative Cost1,359331,485−8.5%
10Operations & Maintenance1,229121,783−31.1%
13Extracurricular Activities26158268−2.6%
16Median Teacher Salary63,8654864,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Cherry Hill Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Cherry Hill, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of 19 schools, had an enrollment of 10,596 students and 887.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1.[1] It was the state's twelfth-largest school district in 2011 and is one of the largest suburban districts.[4]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Cherry Hill School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Cherry Hill Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Cherry Hill Public Schools. Accessed February 11, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Cherry Hill School District. Composition: The Cherry Hill School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, New Jersey."
  4. ^ Spoto, MaryAnn. "Assembly committee examines bill that would add N.J. school board elections to November general elections", The Star-Ledger, December 8, 2011. Accessed April 30, 2012. "Cherry Hill — the state's 12th largest school district — could save $175,000, the salary of three teachers there, Greenwald said."
  5. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 12, 2014.