Barrington Public Schools

The Barrington Public Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Barrington, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.

This article is about the school district in New Jersey. For the school district of the same name in Rhode Island, see Barrington Public Schools (Rhode Island).

Barrington Public Schools
Address
311 Reading Avenue Barrington, NJ 08007
Coordinates	39.871839°N 75.055043°W / 39.871839; -75.055043
District information
Grades	PreK to 8
Superintendent	Anthony Arcodia
Business administrator	Samuel L. Dutkin
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	626 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty	62.3 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.barringtonschools.net
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $15,455 5 $18,891 −18.2% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,487 15 14,159 −11.8% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,719 13 8,659 −10.9% 6 Support Services 1,903 19 2,167 −12.2% 8 Administrative Cost 1,364 8 1,547 −11.8% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,452 22 1,612 −9.9% 13 Extracurricular Activities 49 11 104 −52.9% 16 Median Teacher Salary 58,246 25 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with 401–750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

As of the 2017–18 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 626 students and 62.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0:1.[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 the lowest socioeconomic status to the highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[3]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Haddon Heights High School, which serves Haddon Heights, and students from Barrington, Lawnside and Merchantville who attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Haddon Heights School District.[4][5] The Haddon Heights district approved a contract in September 2013 with the Merchantville School District that would add about 80 students a year from Merchantville to the high school, in addition to the average of more than 260 students from Barrington and 120 from Lawnside that are sent to Haddon Heights each year.[6] As of the 2017–18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 849 students and 74.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9]

• Avon Elementary School[10] with 339 students in grades PreK-4
  • Anthony Arcodia, Principal
• Woodland Middle School[11] with 290 students in grades 5 through 8
  • Michael Silvestri, Principal

Culbertson School, one of Barrington's two earliest school facilities, built in 1917, was closed in 1985.[12]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13]

• Anthony Arcodia, Superintendent[14]
• Samuel Dutkin, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[15]

The district's board of education has nine members who set policy and oversee 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.[16][17][18]

References

1. District information for Barrington School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 11, 2014.
4. Haddon Heights High School 2015-2016 Profile, Haddon Heights School District. Accessed December 8, 2017. "The rich fabric of our student body is enhanced by a diverse population, coming to us from the neighboring communities of Barrington, Lawnside and Merchantville (starting with the Class of 2019)"
5. Haddon Heights School District 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 17, 2016. "Professional development with our two sending districts, Barrington and Lawnside, continues to increase so that our students enter high school with the same educational background."
6. Correa, Mark. "Haddon Heights board OKs plan to bring Merchantville students to high school", Barrington Bulletin, September 16, 2013. Accessed December 11, 2014. "The Haddon Heights School District Board of Education approved a contract with the Merchantville School District this month that would add Merchantville to Barrington and Lawnside as communities that send students to Haddon Heights High School, the district confirmed.... Barrington is projected in coming years to send about 263 students per year to Haddon Heights High School, the study said."
7. School data for Haddon Heights Jr./Sr. High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
8. School Data for the Barrington Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
9. New Jersey School Directory for the Barrington Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
10. Avon Elementary School, Barrington School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
11. Woodland Middle School, Barrington School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
12. History of the Borough, Borough of Barrington. Accessed November 17, 2016. "School No. 2, now known as the Culbertson School, was built in 1917. It was a two-story brick structure whose four class rooms served the fifth through eighth grades.... In 1985, the Culbertson School, located at Clements Bridge Road and Gloucester Pike, was closed. This marked the final chapter for the two original schools."
13. New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
14. Office of the Superintendent, Barrington School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
15. Business Office, Barrington School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.
16. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
17. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Barrington School District, New Jersey Department of Education, year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed January 30, 2020. "The Barrington School District ('School District') is a Type II district located in the County of Camden, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board of Education is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three member's terms expire each year. The purpose of the School District is to provide educational services for resident students in grades K through 8. Students in grades 9 through 12, attend, on a tuition basis, the Haddon Heights High School District."
18. Board Members, Barrington School District. Accessed January 30, 2020.

External links

• Barrington Public Schools
• Barrington Public Schools's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Barrington Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics