Burlington Township School District
| Burlington Township School District | |
|---|---|
| 700 Jacksonville Road Burlington, NJ 08016 |
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| District information | |
| Grades | pre-K to 12 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Michael Kozak |
| Business administrator | Mary Ann Bell |
| Schools | 4 |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 4,097 (as of 2011-12) |
| Faculty | 303.2 FTEs |
| Student-teacher ratio | 13.51:1 |
| Other information | |
| District Factor Group | FG |
| Website | www |
The Burlington Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Burlington Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 4,097 students and 303.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.51:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.
The Burlington Township School District received publicity in 2009 after a video posted on YouTube by a parent without school approval showed more than a dozen children at B. Bernice Young Elementary School singing a song praising President Barack Obama, which Conservative groups cited as a means of indoctrinating students to support the President. At the conclusion of the song, the children pump their fists and chant "hip, hip, hooray!" The song had been performed in conjunction with Black History Month activities and when the author of the book I Am Barack Obama visited the school the next month
Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
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