Lawnside School District
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The Lawnside School District is a community public school district
School district
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 that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Lawnside
Lawnside, New Jersey
Lawnside is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 2,945.The land that became Lawnside was purchased by Abolitionists for freed and escaped slaves, as well as other African Americans, in 1840.On April 20, 1926, an...

, in Camden County
Camden County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census the population of Camden County was 60.28% Non-Hispanic white, 18.45% Non-Hispanic black, 1.12% Hispanic blacks, 0.17% Non-Hispanic Native American, 0.15% Hispanic Native Americans, 5.07% Non-Hispanic Asian, and 0.14% non-Hispanics reporting some other race...

, New Jersey
New Jersey
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, United States
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For grades 9-12, public school students attend Haddon Heights High School
Haddon Heights High School
Haddon Heights Jr. Sr. High School is a six-year comprehensive junior high school / public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade from Haddon Heights, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Haddon Heights School District.Haddon Heights High School...

, which serves Haddon Heights, and students from the neighboring communities of Barrington
Barrington, New Jersey
Barrington is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 6,983.Barrington was incorporated as a borough on March 27, 1917, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April...

 and Lawnside who attend the high school for grades 9-12 as part of sending/receiving relationship
Sending/receiving relationship
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s with the Haddon Heights School District
Haddon Heights School District
The Haddon Heights School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Haddon Heights, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States....

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As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one schools had an enrollment of 297 students and 22.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...

 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.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:
  • Dr. Patricia Felton-Montgomery, Interim Superintendent
  • Theresa Tutt, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

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