The Barrington Public Schools are a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Barrington

Barrington, New Jersey

Barrington is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 6,983.Barrington was incorporated as a borough on March 27, 1917, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April...

, in Camden County

Camden County, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census the population of Camden County was 60.28% Non-Hispanic white, 18.45% Non-Hispanic black, 1.12% Hispanic blacks, 0.17% Non-Hispanic Native American, 0.15% Hispanic Native Americans, 5.07% Non-Hispanic Asian, and 0.14% non-Hispanics reporting some other race...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States

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As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 571 students and 32.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.8.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 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 lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

For grades 9-12, students attend Haddon Heights High School

Haddon Heights High School

Haddon Heights Jr. Sr. High School is a six-year comprehensive junior high school / public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade from Haddon Heights, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Haddon Heights School District.Haddon Heights High School...

, which serves Haddon Heights

Haddon Heights, New Jersey

Haddon Heights is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population is 7,473....

, and students from the neighboring communities of Barrington and Lawnside

Lawnside, New Jersey

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 who attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationship

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s with the Haddon Heights School District

Haddon Heights School District

The Haddon Heights School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Haddon Heights, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States....

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Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:

• Avon Elementary School serves students in grades K-4 (formerly K-3, until 2005-6 renovation) - 378 students
  • Principal - Anthony Arcodia
• Woodland School serves grades 6 through 8 (as of 2006-07) - 193 students
  • Principal - Mort Argoe

Culbertson School, one of Barrington's two earliest school facilities, built in 1917, was closed in 1985. It was replaced by a Rite Aid

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, but was switched with Castle Academy in about 1998.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Anthony Arcodia - Superintendent
• Samuel Dutkin - Business Administrator

External links

• Barrington Public Schools
• Data for the Barrington Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
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