The Florence Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Florence Township, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2018âÂÂ19 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,581 students and 128.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâÂÂteacher ratio of 12.3:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.
In 1948, during de jure educational segregation in the United States, the district had two schools for black children.
Schools in the district (with 2018âÂÂ19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Core members of the district's administration are:
The district's board of education, composed of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.