Merchantville School District

Merchantville School District
Address
130 South Centre Street
, Camden County, New Jersey, 08109
United States
Coordinates39°56′58″N 75°02′55″W / 39.949339°N 75.048688°W / 39.949339; -75.048688
District information
GradesPre-K to 8
SuperintendentJ. Scott Strong
Business administratorGreg Gontowski
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment400 (as of 2023–24)
Faculty35.5 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio11.3:1
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.merchantvilleschool.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,70527$18,891−6.3%
1Budgetary Cost13,8542014,159−2.2%
2Classroom Instruction8,669268,6590.1%
6Support Services1,731152,167−20.1%
8Administrative Cost1,794491,54716.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,502211,612−6.8%
13Extracurricular Activities1583710451.9%
16Median Teacher Salary71,1516861,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

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

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 400 students and 35.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1.

Starting in September 2015, for ninth through twelfth grades, students from Merchantville attend Haddon Heights High School as part of a new sending/receiving relationship with the Haddon Heights School District that was approved by the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, joining students from Barrington and Lawnside, who already attend the Haddon Heights school. As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 942 students and 80.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.