Woodland Township School District

The Woodland Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Woodland Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.[3][4]

Woodland Township School District
Address
2 Giles Avenue Chatsworth, NJ 08019 United States
Coordinates	39.815865°N 74.536181°W
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Misty Weiss
Business administrator	Laura Archer
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	131 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	16.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	7.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,811 17 $18,891 −11.0% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,102 24 14,159 −0.4% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,028 32 8,659 4.3% 6 Support Services 1,234 1 2,167 −43.1% 8 Administrative Cost 1,762 46 1,547 13.9% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,875 43 1,612 16.3% 13 Extracurricular Activities 40 15 104 −61.5% 16 Median Teacher Salary 47,000 3 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 131 students and 16.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.8:1.[1] In the 2016–17 school year, Woodland had the 24th smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 147 students.[5]

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.[6]

Public school students from Woodland Township in ninth through twelfth grades attend Seneca High School, located in Tabernacle Township, which also serves students from Shamong Township, Southampton Township and Tabernacle Townships.[7] The school is part of the Lenape Regional High School District, which also serves students from Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township and Mount Laurel Township at Shawnee High School.[8][9] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,137 students and 109.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1.[10]

School

• Chatsworth Elementary School had an enrollment of 129 students in grades PreK-8 in the 2018–19 school year.[11]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][13]

• Misty Weiss, Superintendent
• Laura Archer, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, with five members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.[14][15][16]

References

1. District information for Woodland Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Woodland Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Woodland Township School District. Accessed June 22, 2020. "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 Woodland Township School District. Composition: The Woodland Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Woodland Township."
4. 2018-2019 Burlington County Public Schools Directory, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed June 22, 2020.
5. Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 24. Woodland Township; Enrollment: 147; Grades: K-7; County: Burlington; Town population: 1,788"
6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 18, 2014.
7. Seneca High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 22, 2020. "Attendance Area: Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle and Woodland Townships"
8. Lenape Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 22, 2020. "The Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD) serves the eight municipalities of Evesham, Medford, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle and Woodland Townships and Medford Lakes Borough. Encompassing an area of 350 square miles the Lenape District is the largest school district in Burlington County."
9. Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed June 22, 2020. "Lenape Regional Serves: Evesham, Medford, Medford Lakes, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle, Woodland"
10. School data for Seneca High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
11. School Data for the Woodland Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
12. Faculty and Staff, Woodland Township School District. Accessed June 22, 2020.
13. New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
14. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
15. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Woodland Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed June 22, 2020. "The Township of Woodland School District (hereafter referred to as the 'District') is a Type II district located in the County of Burlington, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of five members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that two members’ terms expire each year. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades kindergarten through eight at its one schools."
16. Board of Education, Woodland Township School District. Accessed June 22, 2020.

External links

• Woodland Township School District
• Woodland Township School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Woodland Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• Lenape Regional High School District