Lower Township School District
| Lower Township School District | |
|---|---|
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834 Seashore Road Lower Township, NJ 08204 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°58′13″N 74°55′14″W / 38.970405°N 74.920651°WCoordinates: 38°58′13″N 74°55′14″W / 38.970405°N 74.920651°W |
| District information | |
| Grades | PreK-6 |
| Superintendent | Jeff Samaniego |
| Business administrator | John Hansen |
| Schools | 4 |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 3,189 (as of 2014-15) |
| Faculty | 137.9 FTEs |
| Student-teacher ratio | 23.1:1 |
| Other information | |
| District Factor Group | B |
| Website | http://lowertwpschools.com/ |
The Lower Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Lower Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its four schools had an enrollment of 3,189 students and 137.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 23.1:1.
The district is 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 Lower Township School District participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend the district's schools without cost to their parents, with tuition paid by the state. Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery.
For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend the schools of the Lower Cape May Regional School District, which also serves students from Cape May City and West Cape May, along with students from Cape May Point who attend the district as part of a sending/receiving relationship. Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Richard M. Teitelman Middle School (grades 7 and 8; 524 students) and Lower Cape May Regional High School (9-12; 905).
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