The Bellmawr School District is a community

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that serves students in

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through

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from Bellmawr, in Camden County,

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, United States. As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,225 students and 99.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 12.3:1.District information for Bellmawr Public School District

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. Accessed April 1, 2021. The district is classified by the

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as being in

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"B", the second lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common

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characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. For

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through

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s, public-school students attend Triton Regional High School in neighboring Runnemede, one of three high schools that are part of the

Black Horse Pike Regional School District The Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) is a regional public high school district serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Bellmawr Borough, Gloucester Township and Runnemede Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, U ...

. The other communities in the district are

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and Runnemede. As of the 2019–20 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,154 students and 91.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

of 12.6:1. The two other schools in the district are

Highland Regional High School Highland Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Blackwood, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Gloucester Township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of th ...

and

Timber Creek Regional High School Timber Creek Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school for students in ninth through twelfth grades located in the Erial section in southern Gloucester Township in Camden County, New Jersey, United State ...

, which serve students from Gloucester Township, based on their address.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2019–20 enrollment data from the

) are: ;Elementary schools *Bellmawr Park Elementary School with 476 students in grades PreK-4 **Gina Heller, Principal *Ethel M. Burke Elementary School with 248 students in grades K-4 **Frank Jankowski, Principal ;Middle school *Bell Oaks Upper Elementary School with 484 students in grades 5-8 **Anthony Farinelli, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: *Danielle Sochor, Superintendent *Patrick Doyle, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's

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is comprised of seven members who set policy and oversee 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 two three 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.Board of Education
Bellmawr School District. Accessed January 4, 2022.

References

External links

Bellmawr School District
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School Data for the Bellmawr School District

Black Horse Pike Regional School District
{{Camden County, New Jersey School Districts Bellmawr, New Jersey New Jersey District Factor Group B School districts in Camden County, New Jersey