Laurel Springs School District

Laurel Springs School District
623 Grand Avenue
, Camden County, New Jersey, 08021
District information
GradesPreK-6
SuperintendentRyan Mahlman
Business administratorErin Kearney
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment188 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty15.8 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio11.9:1
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.laurelspringschool.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-6
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$14,9636$18,891−20.8%
1Budgetary Cost13,7052313,6490.4%
2Classroom Instruction8,528248,3661.9%
6Support Services2,008232,161−7.1%
8Administrative Cost1,630311,46711.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,499251,552−3.4%
13Extracurricular Activities181539−53.8%
16Median Teacher Salary57,1362957,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

The Laurel Springs School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Laurel Springs in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 188 students and 15.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1.

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.

For seventh and eighth grades, students from Laurel Springs attend Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School in Stratford as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Stratford School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, Yellin School had an enrollment of 484 students and 41.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.

For ninth grade through twelfth grade, public school students attend Sterling High School, a regional high school district that also serves students from Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford, along with the sending districts of Hi-Nella and Laurel Springs. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 897 students and 70.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1.