Folsom Borough School District

Folsom Borough School District
Folsom School, the only school in the district
Address
1357 Mays Landing Road
, Atlantic County, New Jersey, 08037
United States
Coordinates39°36′23″N 74°50′45″W / 39.606359°N 74.845893°W / 39.606359; -74.845893
District information
GradesPre-K to 8
SuperintendentKevin Fricke
Business administratorSara Simpson
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment384 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty41.0 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio9.4:1
Other information
District Factor GroupCD
Websitewww.folsomschool.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$14,6422$18,891−22.5%
1Budgetary Cost13,6242514,159−3.8%
2Classroom Instruction7,972208,659−7.9%
6Support Services2,202302,1671.6%
8Administrative Cost1,600251,5473.4%
10Operations & Maintenance1,683401,6124.4%
13Extracurricular Activities1594010452.9%
16Median Teacher Salary51,228361,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

Folsom Borough School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Folsom, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at Folsom Elementary School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first 10 districts statewide to participate in the program, which allows non-resident students to attend school in the district at no cost to their parents, with tuition covered by the resident district. Available slots are announced annually by grade.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 384 students and 41.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1.

The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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.

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Hammonton High School, in Hammonton as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hammonton Public Schools, alongside students from Waterford Township, who attend for grades 7-12 as part of an agreement with the Waterford Township School District. As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,357 students and 92.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.7:1.