Mount Ephraim Public Schools

Mount Ephraim Public Schools
125 South Black Horse Pike
Mount Ephraim, NJ 08059
District information
Grades pre-K to 8
Superintendent Leslie M. Koller
Business administrator William Gerson
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 631 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 34.7 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 18.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website www.mtephraimschools.com
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,66916$18,891-11.8%
1Budgetary Cost13,4032114,159-5.3%
2Classroom Instruction7,710128,659-11.0%
6Support Services2,432402,16712.2%
8Administrative Cost1,643301,5476.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,585331,612-1.7%
13Extracurricular Activities345104-67.3%
16Median Teacher Salary58,3582661,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

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

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 631 students and 34.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 18.2:1.[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 through twelfth grades, public school students attend Audubon High School, in Audubon, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Audubon School District.[4][5] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 879 students and 74.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9]

  • Mary Bray Elementary School[10] (244 students in grades PreK-4)
  • Raymond W. Kershaw Middle School[11] (181 students; grades 5-8)

Administration

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

  • Leslie M. Koller, Superintendent
  • William Gerson, School Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • Michael Hunter, Principal

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Mt. Ephraim 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 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ Nicolosi, Peggy. "Report on Non-Operating School District: Audubon Park", Camden County Executive County Superintendent, June 30, 2009. Accessed December 13, 2014. "In addition to students from Audubon Park, Audubon also receives high school students from Mount Ephraim Public Schools."
  5. ↑ Rothschild, Barbara S. "Educators say consolidating school districts doesn't add up", copy of article from Courier-Post, January 10, 2010. Accessed December 13, 2014. "Oaklyn is also considering a merge with K-12 Audubon, which already accepts students from Mount Ephraim and the nonoperating Audubon Park district."
  6. ↑ School data for Audubon Junior/Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Mount Ephraim Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ Schools, Mount Ephraim Public Schools. Accessed July 19, 2017.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Mount Ephraim Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ Mary Bray Elementary School, Mount Ephraim Public Schools. Accessed July 19, 2017.
  11. ↑ Raymond W. Kershaw Middle School, Mount Ephraim Public Schools. Accessed July 19, 2017.
  12. ↑ Administration, Mount Ephraim Public Schools. Accessed December 13, 2014.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 39°52′45″N 75°05′07″W / 39.879263°N 75.085282°W / 39.879263; -75.085282

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