Swedesboro-Woolwich School District

The Swedesboro-Woolwich School District is a consolidated public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Swedesboro and Woolwich Township, two communities in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

Swedesboro-Woolwich School District
Address
15 Fredrick Boulevard
Woolwich Township
, Gloucester County, New Jersey, 08085
United States
Coordinates39.748539°N 75.332887°W / 39.748539; -75.332887
District information
GradesPreK-6
SuperintendentDr. Walter Kappeler
Business administratorSteven Jakubowksi
Schools4
Students and staff
Enrollment1,495 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty138.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.swedesboro-woolwich.com
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-6
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$14,7175$18,891−22.1%
1Budgetary Cost10,734313,649−21.4%
2Classroom Instruction6,79548,366−18.8%
6Support Services1,39742,161−35.4%
8Administrative Cost1,24881,467−14.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,283151,552−17.3%
13Extracurricular Activities8539−79.5%
16Median Teacher Salary53,6561657,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,495 students and 138.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[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.[4]

Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades from both communities are educated by the Kingsway Regional School District, which also serves students from East Greenwich Township and South Harrison Township, with the addition of students from Logan Township who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship in which tuition is paid on a per-pupil basis by the Logan Township School District.[5][6] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 2,868 students and 207.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1.[7] The schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are Kingsway Regional Middle School[9] with 1,023 students in grades 7-8 and Kingsway Regional High School[10] with 1,802 students in grades 9-12.[11][12] Under a 2011 proposal, Kingsway would merge with its constituent member's K-6 districts to become a full K-12 district, with various options for including Logan Township as part of the consolidated district.[13]

History

For a 40-year period from 1923 to 1963, the district had operated Swedesboro High School.[14] The school closed after Kingsway Regional High School opened in September 1963. Designed to accommodate an enrollment of 1,000 and constructed at a cost of $1.75 million, the school opened in for students in grades 7-12, including students in grades 9-12 who had previously attended Swedesboro High School.[15] Prior to the regional high school's opening, students had attended either Sweedesboro High School or Woodstown High School.[16]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[17]) are:[18][19][20][21]

  • Margaret C. Clifford School[22] with 230 students in grades PreK-K (located in Swedesboro)
    • Rob Titus, principal[23]
  • Governor Charles C. Stratton School[24] with 402 students in grades 1-2 (Woolwich Township)
    • Leigh Donato, principal[23]
  • General Charles G. Harker School[25] with 653 students in Grades 3-5 (Woolwich Township)
    • Carolynne Sandy, principal[23]
  • Walter H. Hill School[26] with 210 students in Grade 6 (Swedesboro)
    • Rob Titus, principal[23]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[23][27]

  • Dr. Walter Kappeler, superintendent
  • Steven Jakubowksi, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of nine members. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by the voters of the constituent municipalities 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.[28][29][30]

References
  1. District information for Swedesboro-Woolwich School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. Swedesboro-Woolwich Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Accessed March 21, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through six in the Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Composition: The Swedesboro-Woolwich School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Swedesboro and the Township of Woolwich."
  4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 9, 2014.
  5. Kingsway Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 26, 2020. "Kingsway is situated in a predominately rural/suburban area, with more than 20,000 people residing within its 52 square mile border. The District includes the Borough of Swedesboro and the Townships of South Harrison, East Greenwich, and Woolwich. Though not part of the District, students from Logan Township attend Kingsway High School through a send/receive relationship as paid tuition students."
  6. Student Enrollment, Kingsway Regional School District. Accessed January 26, 2020. "Kingsway Regional is comprised of the Borough of Swedesboro and the Townships of South Harrison, East Greenwich and Woolwich. Though not part of the District, students from Logan Township attend Kingsway Regional High School through a send/receive relationship as paid tuition students.... Percent of students coming from each resident district is as follows: East Greenwich Twp. – 32%, Woolwich Twp. – 33%, South Harrison Twp. – 13%, Swedesboro – 10%, Logan Twp. (High School Only) – 11%"
  7. District information for Kingsway Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  8. School Data for the Kingsway Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  9. Kingsway Regional Middle School, Kingsway Regional School District. Accessed March 21, 2022.
  10. Kingsway Regional High School, Kingsway Regional School District. Accessed March 21, 2022.
  11. School Performance Reports for the Kingsway Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 15, 2022.
  12. New Jersey School Directory for the Kingsway Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 22, 2016.
  13. Forand, Rebecca. "Kingsway districts may see change", Gloucester County Times, April 7, 2011. Accessed December 9, 2014. "A study is being planned to evaluate the fiscal feasibility of the regionalization of the school districts associated with the Kingsway Regional district, and the impact of continuing or severing the current relationship the district has with Logan Township. Woolwich township, Swedesboro, East Greenwich Township and South Harrison Township all currently feed their elementary students to the Kingsway Regional district for middle and high school, with Logan Township sending students to the high school on a tuition basis. The study will address the fiscal feasibility of regionalizing Kingsway, East Greenwich, South Harrison and Swedesboro-Woolwich."
  14. Forand, Rebecca. "Swedesboro High School's last graduating class holds 50 year class reunion", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 7, 2013. Accessed April 28, 2023. "Swedesboro High School was open from 1923 until 1963 and educated students from the Swedesboro-Woolwich area, as well as those who were sent from Logan and East Greenwich townships. Now, kids from those areas, as well as those from South Harrison, meet at Kingsway High School, where the most recent graduating class was one of more than 340. Swedesboro’s final graduating class was one of 68 students who studied things like agriculture alongside their regular curriculum to fit in with the farming community they lived in."
  15. "Kingsway School Will Open Sept. 5", Courier-Post, August 20, 1963. Accessed April 13, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The $1,750,000 Kingsway Regional Junior-Senior High School will open Sept. 5 with an expected enrollment of 670 pupils, Robert S. Costill, superintendent, said. With a tradition and history passed on from the 40-year-old Swedesboro High School, which it replaces, Kingsway will start operations with sophomore, junior and senior classes inherited from Swedesboro High School. Children from Swedesboro, Woolwich, East Greenwich, South Harrison and Logan Townships will attend the new facility during the 1963-64 term, Costill said."
  16. History, Kingsway Regional School District. Accessed April 13, 2021. "Kingsway opened its doors for the first time on September 5, 1963… When our first Superintendent – Bob Costill – welcomed 675 7th – 12th grade students and 34 teachers to the new Kingsway.... Over the course of the 1963-64 school year members of the senior body, initially angry to have been pulled away from their beloved Swedesboro and Woodstown High Schools, began to embrace the new Kingsway and would become the first 89 seniors to walk across this auditorium stage (what is now Eitel Theater) to receive their high school diploma that following June."
  17. School Data for the Swedesboro-Woolwich School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  18. School Locations, Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Accessed March 21, 2022.
  19. School Performance Reports for the Swedesboro-Woolwich School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 21, 2022.
  20. 2020-2021 Public School Directory, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Accessed March 21, 2022.
  21. New Jersey School Directory for the Swedesboro-Woolwich School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  22. Margaret C. Clifford School, Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Accessed March 21, 2022.
  23. Administrative Contact Information, Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Accessed March 21, 2022.
  24. Governor Charles C. Stratton School, Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Accessed March 21, 2022.
  25. General Charles G. Harker School, Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Accessed March 21, 2022.
  26. Walter H. Hill School, Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Accessed March 21, 2022.
  27. New Jersey School Directory for Gloucester County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  28. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Swedesboro-Woolwich Consolidated School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2020. Accessed April 13, 2021. "The Swedesboro-Woolwich Consolidated School District is a Type II District located in the County of Gloucester, State of New Jersey. As a Type II District, the School District functions, independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades PreK-6."
  29. 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.
  30. Board of Education Members, Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. Accessed March 21, 2022.
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