Maurice River Township School District
| Maurice River Township School District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maurice River Township Elementary School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3593 Route 47
, Cumberland County, New Jersey, 08348United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°18′45″N 74°58′50″W / 39.312596°N 74.98046°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK to 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Jeremy Cohen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Patricia Powell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 402 (as of 2022–23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 38.0 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 10.6:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Maurice River Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, from Maurice River Township, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 402 students and 38.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend school in the district at no cost to their parents, with tuition covered by the resident district. Available slots are announced annually by grade.
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-lowest 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.
The district sends 180 students in ninth through twelfth grades for public school to attend high school in Millville, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Millville Public Schools, together with students from Commercial Township and Lawrence Township. Starting in the 2022-23 school year, students who had previously been split between Memorial High School for grades 9-10 and Millville Senior High School for grades 10-12 were consolidated into a newly expanded and renovated $145 million Millville High School building. As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,640 students and 70.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 23.4:1.