Laurel Springs School District

Laurel Springs School District
623 Grand Avenue
Laurel Springs
, Camden County, New Jersey, 08021
District information
GradesPreK-6
SuperintendentRyan Mahlman
Business administratorErin Kearney
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment188 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty15.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.laurelspringschool.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-6
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$14,9636$18,891−20.8%
1Budgetary Cost13,7052313,6490.4%
2Classroom Instruction8,528248,3661.9%
6Support Services2,008232,161−7.1%
8Administrative Cost1,630311,46711.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,499251,552−3.4%
13Extracurricular Activities181539−53.8%
16Median Teacher Salary57,1362957,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

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

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 188 students and 15.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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]

For seventh and eighth grades, students from Laurel Springs attend Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School in Stratford as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Stratford School District.[6][7][8] As of the 2021–22 school year, Yellin School had an enrollment of 484 students and 41.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.[9]

For ninth grade through twelfth grade, public school students attend Sterling High School, a regional high school district that also serves students from Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford, along with the sending districts of Hi-Nella and Laurel Springs.[6][10][11] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 897 students and 70.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1.[12]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Laurel Springs 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 Laurel Springs School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  4. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Laurel Springs 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 December 7, 2014.
  6. ^ a b Laurel Springs Public School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 12, 2017. "Laurel Springs students in grades seven (7) and eight (8) are sent as tuition students to the Samuel S. Yellin School in neighboring Stratford. Ninth (9th) through twelfth (12th) grade students are sent to Sterling Regional High School as tuition students."
  7. ^ Samuel S. Yellin School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 12, 2017. "The Yellin School houses approximately 515 students that are comprised of five grade levels ranging from 4th Grade to 8th Grade. The nearby Laurel Springs School District is a sending district starting in 7th Grade. "
  8. ^ Beerman, William J. "Laurel Springs Considers Transferring Students", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 21, 1989. Accessed October 17, 2013. "The Laurel Springs school board this week continued laying the groundwork for a possible attempt to withdraw Laurel Springs students from the Sterling Regional High School in Somerdale and the Yellin School in Stratford.... Laurel Springs has only one public school, the Laurel Springs School, which houses students from kindergarten through sixth grade. Laurel Springs' seventh and eighth graders go to Yellin."
  9. ^ School data for Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  10. ^ Sterling High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 12, 2017. "Sterling High School District is a regional district serving Hi Nella, Laurel Springs, Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford."
  11. ^ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011, Sterling High School District. Accessed December 8, 2014. "The purpose of the School District is to provide educational services for resident students in grades 9 through 12 that reside in the Boroughs of Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford. In addition, the School District provides educational services for students in grades 9 through 12 received, on a tuition basis, from the Laurel Springs School District and the Hi-Nella School District."
  12. ^ School data for Sterling High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.