Swedesboro-Woolwich School District

Swedesboro-Woolwich School District
Address
15 Fredrick Boulevard
Woolwich Township
, Gloucester County, New Jersey, 08085
United States
Coordinates39°44′55″N 75°19′58″W / 39.748539°N 75.332887°W / 39.748539; -75.332887
District information
GradesPreK-6
SuperintendentKristin Kellogg
Business administratorRobert Miles
Schools4
Students and staff
Enrollment1,495 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty138.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.swedesboro-woolwich.com
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-6
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$14,7175$18,891−22.1%
1Budgetary Cost10,734313,649−21.4%
2Classroom Instruction6,79548,366−18.8%
6Support Services1,39742,161−35.4%
8Administrative Cost1,24881,467−14.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,283151,552−17.3%
13Extracurricular Activities8539−79.5%
16Median Teacher Salary53,6561657,437
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 Swedesboro-Woolwich School District is a consolidated public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Swedesboro and Woolwich Township, two communities in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,495 students and 138.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[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.[4]

Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades from both communities are educated by the Kingsway Regional School District, which also serves students from East Greenwich Township and South Harrison Township, with the addition of students from Logan Township who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship in which tuition is paid on a per-pupil basis by the Logan Township School District.[5][6] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 2,868 students and 207.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1.[7] The schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are Kingsway Regional Middle School[9] with 1,023 students in grades 7-8 and Kingsway Regional High School[10] with 1,802 students in grades 9-12.[11][12] Under a 2011 proposal, Kingsway would merge with its constituent member's K-6 districts to become a full K-12 district, with various options for including Logan Township as part of the consolidated district.[13]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Swedesboro-Woolwich 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. ^ Swedesboro-Woolwich Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Accessed March 21, 2022. "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 six in the Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Composition: The Swedesboro-Woolwich School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Swedesboro and the Township of Woolwich."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 9, 2014.
  5. ^ Kingsway Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 26, 2020. "Kingsway is situated in a predominately rural/suburban area, with more than 20,000 people residing within its 52 square mile border. The District includes the Borough of Swedesboro and the Townships of South Harrison, East Greenwich, and Woolwich. Though not part of the District, students from Logan Township attend Kingsway High School through a send/receive relationship as paid tuition students."
  6. ^ Student Enrollment, Kingsway Regional School District. Accessed January 26, 2020. "Kingsway Regional is comprised of the Borough of Swedesboro and the Townships of South Harrison, East Greenwich and Woolwich. Though not part of the District, students from Logan Township attend Kingsway Regional High School through a send/receive relationship as paid tuition students.... Percent of students coming from each resident district is as follows: East Greenwich Twp. – 32%, Woolwich Twp. – 33%, South Harrison Twp. – 13%, Swedesboro – 10%, Logan Twp. (High School Only) – 11%"
  7. ^ District information for Kingsway Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  8. ^ School Data for the Kingsway Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  9. ^ Kingsway Regional Middle School, Kingsway Regional School District. Accessed March 21, 2022.
  10. ^ Kingsway Regional High School, Kingsway Regional School District. Accessed March 21, 2022.
  11. ^ School Performance Reports for the Kingsway Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  12. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Kingsway Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 22, 2016.
  13. ^ Forand, Rebecca. "Kingsway districts may see change", Gloucester County Times, April 7, 2011. Accessed December 9, 2014. "A study is being planned to evaluate the fiscal feasibility of the regionalization of the school districts associated with the Kingsway Regional district, and the impact of continuing or severing the current relationship the district has with Logan Township. Woolwich township, Swedesboro, East Greenwich Township and South Harrison Township all currently feed their elementary students to the Kingsway Regional district for middle and high school, with Logan Township sending students to the high school on a tuition basis. The study will address the fiscal feasibility of regionalizing Kingsway, East Greenwich, South Harrison and Swedesboro-Woolwich."