Barrington Public Schools

Barrington Public Schools
311 Reading Avenue
Barrington, NJ 08007
District information
Grades K to 8
Superintendent Anthony Arcodia
Business administrator Samuel L. Dutkin
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 874 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 58.3 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 15.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website www.barringtonschools.net
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,4555$18,891-18.2%
1Budgetary Cost12,4871514,159-11.8%
2Classroom Instruction7,719138,659-10.9%
6Support Services1,903192,167-12.2%
8Administrative Cost1,36481,547-11.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,452221,612-9.9%
13Extracurricular Activities4911104-52.9%
16Median Teacher Salary58,2462561,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401–750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Barrington Public Schools are a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Barrington, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 874 students and 58.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.0:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From the lowest socioeconomic status to the highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[3]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Haddon Heights High School, which serves Haddon Heights, and students from Barrington, Lawnside and Merchantville who attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Haddon Heights School District.[4][5] The Haddon Heights district approved a contract in September 2013 with the Merchantville School District that would add about 80 students a year from Merchantville to the high school, in addition to the average of more than 260 students from Barrington and 120 from Lawnside that are sent to Haddon Heights each year.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8]

  • Avon Elementary School[9] with 364 students in grades K-4
    • Anthony Arcodia, Principal
  • Woodland Middle School[10] with 247 students in grades 5 through 8
    • Michael Silvestri, Principal

Culbertson School, one of Barrington's two earliest school facilities, built in 1917, was closed in 1985.[11]

Administration

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

  • Anthony Arcodia, Superintendent[13]
  • Samuel Dutkin, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Barrington School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ Haddon Heights High School 2015-2016 Profile, Haddon Heights School District. Accessed December 8, 2017. "The rich fabric of our student body is enhanced by a diverse population, coming to us from the neighboring communities of Barrington, Lawnside and Merchantville (starting with the Class of 2019)"
  5. ↑ Haddon Heights School District 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 17, 2016. "Professional development with our two sending districts, Barrington and Lawnside, continues to increase so that our students enter high school with the same educational background."
  6. ↑ Correa, Mark. "Haddon Heights board OKs plan to bring Merchantville students to high school", Barrington Bulletin, September 16, 2013. Accessed December 11, 2014. "The Haddon Heights School District Board of Education approved a contract with the Merchantville School District this month that would add Merchantville to Barrington and Lawnside as communities that send students to Haddon Heights High School, the district confirmed.... Barrington is projected in coming years to send about 263 students per year to Haddon Heights High School, the study said."
  7. ↑ School Data for the Barrington Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Barrington Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ Avon Elementary School, Barrington School District. Accessed December 8, 2017.
  10. ↑ Woodland Middle School, Barrington School District. Accessed December 8, 2017.
  11. ↑ History of the Borough, Borough of Barrington. Accessed November 17, 2016. "School No.2, now known as the Culbertson School, was built in 1917. It was a two-story brick structure whose four class rooms served the fifth through eighth grades.... In 1985, the Culbertson School, located at Clements Bridge Road and Gloucester Pike, was closed. This marked the final chapter for the two original schools."
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  13. ↑ Office of the Superintendent, Barrington School District. Accessed December 10, 2017.
  14. ↑ Business Office, Barrington School District. Accessed December 10, 2017.

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