Merchantville School District

Merchantville School District
Address
130 South Centre Street
Merchantville
, Camden County, New Jersey, 08109
United States
Coordinates39°56′58″N 75°02′55″W / 39.949339°N 75.048688°W / 39.949339; -75.048688
District information
GradesPre-K to 8
SuperintendentJ. Scott Strong
Business administratorGreg Gontowski
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment380 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty36.5 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.merchantvilleschool.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,70527$18,891−6.3%
1Budgetary Cost13,8542014,159−2.2%
2Classroom Instruction8,669268,6590.1%
6Support Services1,731152,167−20.1%
8Administrative Cost1,794491,54716.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,502211,612−6.8%
13Extracurricular Activities1583710451.9%
16Median Teacher Salary71,1516861,136
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 Merchantville School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Merchantville, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 380 students and 36.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1.[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]

Starting in September 2015, for ninth through twelfth grades, students from Merchantville attend Haddon Heights High School as part of a new sending/receiving relationship with the Haddon Heights School District that was approved by the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, joining students from Barrington and Lawnside, who already attend the Haddon Heights school.[6] 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.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Merchantville 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 Merchantville School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  4. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Merchantville 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 September 2, 2014.
  6. ^ Merchantville School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 1, 2016. "In the Spring of 2015, Merchantville School won a ruling to start a send/receive relationship with Haddon Heights. We continue to work closely with Haddon Heights High School to ensure that our students are well prepared to meet their expectations. We will continue to phase in one grade level at a time into Haddon Heights High School until all high school students are enrolled for the 2018–2019 school year."
  7. ^ School data for Haddon Heights Jr./Sr. High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.