Maurice River Township School District

Maurice River Township School District
Maurice River Township Elementary School
Address
, Cumberland County, New Jersey, 08348
United States
Coordinates39°18′45″N 74°58′50″W / 39.312596°N 74.98046°W / 39.312596; -74.98046
District information
GradesPreK to 8
SuperintendentJeremy Cohen
Business administratorPatricia Powell
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment402 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty38.0 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio10.6:1
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.mrtes.com
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,0163$18,891−20.5%
1Budgetary Cost10,579314,159−25.3%
2Classroom Instruction6,58548,659−24.0%
6Support Services1,51592,167−30.1%
8Administrative Cost1,576221,5471.9%
10Operations & Maintenance62611,612−61.2%
13Extracurricular Activities273104−74.0%
16Median Teacher Salary57,4772261,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

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.