Woodlynne School District

Woodlynne School District
Address
131 Elm Avenue
Woodlynne
, Camden County, New Jersey, 08107
Coordinates39°55′10″N 75°05′39″W / 39.919553°N 75.094059°W / 39.919553; -75.094059
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentJackie Walters
Business administratorGreg Gontowski
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment388 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty37.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.woodlynne.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,8629$18,891−16.0%
1Budgetary Cost10,504214,159−25.8%
2Classroom Instruction6,50738,659−24.9%
6Support Services1,35742,167−37.4%
8Administrative Cost1,652321,5476.8%
10Operations & Maintenance93741,612−41.9%
13Extracurricular Activities5112104−51.0%
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Woodlynne School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Woodlynne, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4][5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 388 students and 37.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.3:1.[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.[6]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Collingswood High School in neighboring Collingswood as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Collingswood Public Schools, together with students from Oaklyn, New Jersey.[7][8] As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 809 students and 67.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[9]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Woodlynne 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. ^ Woodlynne Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Woodlynne School District. Accessed May 3, 2024. "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 eight in the Woodlynne School District. Composition: The Woodlynne School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Woodlynne."
  4. ^ School Performance Reports for the Woodlynne School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  5. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Woodlynne School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  6. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 18, 2014.
  7. ^ Staff. "Collingswood High School", South Jersey magazine. Accessed November 18, 2014. "Collingswood High School serves about 850 students in grades nine through twelve from the Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne school districts."
  8. ^ Giordano, Rita. "N.J. puts pressure on schools to share Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne are just three districts being pushed to combine services - or more.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 2009. Accessed November 18, 2014. "Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne, she said, are reasonable candidates for administrative sharing. Oaklyn Superintendent Tommy Stringer is due to retire in December, and Woodlynne has an interim superintendent, Walter Rudder. Collingswood Superintendent Scott Oswald is established and well-regarded. Oaklyn and Woodlynne students attend Collingswood High School."
  9. ^ School data for Collingswood High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.