Gloucester Township Public Schools


The Gloucester Township Public Schools is a community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Gloucester Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The district operates eight PreK/K-5 elementary schools and three grade 6-8 middle schools, including the Ann A. Mullen Middle School, dedicated in September 1996 and named in honor of former mayor Ann A. Mullen. The district describes itself as the state's largest elementary school district.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising 11 schools, had an enrollment of 6,343 students and 526.2 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
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.
Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend one of the three high schools that are part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District. The schools in the district are
Highland Regional High School,
Timber Creek Regional High School or
Triton Regional High School. Students from Gloucester Township attend one of the three schools based on their residence address; students from Bellmawr and Runnemede, the other two communities in the district, all attend Triton High School.

Schools

Schools in the district are:
;Elementary schools
;Middle schools
Core members of the district's administration are:
The district's board of education, with 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 as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.