Somerdale School District
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Park School Somerdale, NJ 08083 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grades | K-8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Dr. Dennis Vespe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Melissa Engelhardt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enrollment | 520 (as of 2011-12)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 41.6 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student-teacher ratio | 12.50:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District Factor Group | CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | http://www.somerdale-park.org/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Somerdale School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Somerdale, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 520 students and 41.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.50:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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.[3]
For ninth grade through twelfth grade, public school students attend Sterling High School, a regional high school district that also serves students from Magnolia and Stratford, along with the sending districts of Hi-Nella and Laurel Springs, who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships.[4][5] The high school is located in Somerdale. As of the 2013-14 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 897 students and 73.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.[6]
School
Somerdale Park School served an enrollment of 520 students (based on 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics).[7][8]
- Jarod Claybourn, Vice Principal[9]
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[10]
- Dr. Dennis Vespe, Superintendent[11]
- Melissa Engelhardt, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[12]
References
- 1 2 District information for Somerdale School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 8, 2014.
- ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
- ↑ Sterling High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 2, 2016. "Sterling High School District is a regional district serving Hi Nella, Laurel Springs, Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford. Sterling is a suburban residential community, approximately 7 miles southeast of Camden, NJ and part of the Philadelphia, PA metropolitan area."
- ↑ Comprehensive Annual 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 Borough's 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."
- ↑ School Data for Sterling High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 2, 2016.
- ↑ School Data for the Somerdale School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 8, 2014.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Somerdale School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
- ↑ Vice Principal's Corner, Somerdale School District. Accessed December 8, 2014.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 23, 2015.
- ↑ Administration, Somerdale School District. Accessed December 8, 2014.
- ↑ Board of Education, Somerdale School District. Accessed December 8, 2014.
External links
- Somerdale Park School
- Somerdale School District's 2014–15 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Somerdale School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- Sterling High School
- Sterling High School's 2014–15 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
Coordinates: 39°50′31″N 75°01′36″W / 39.841835°N 75.026768°W