The Bellmawr School District is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in pre-kindergaten through eighth grade from Bellmawr

Bellmawr, New Jersey

-Local government:Bellmawr is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a mayor and a borough council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office...

, 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.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,133 students and 84 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.49.

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 "B", the second lowest 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 through 12, public school students attend Triton Regional High School

Triton Regional High School

Triton Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in grades 9-12 from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District. Students in the school are sent from Bellmawr,...

 (1,525 students), one of three high schools that are part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District

Black Horse Pike Regional School District

The Black Horse Pike Regional School District is a regional public high school district serving students in grades 9 through 12 from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey...

. The other communities in the district are Gloucester Township

Gloucester Township, New Jersey

Gloucester Township is a Township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a total population of 64,634...

 and Runnemede

Runnemede, New Jersey

Runnemede is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the borough population is 8,533.Runnemede was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1926, from portions of the now-defunct Centre Township, based on the...

. The two other schools in the district are Highland Regional High School

Highland Regional High School

Highland Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Blackwood, New Jersey. Its mascot is the Tartan.The school is part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District, a regional public high school district serving students in grades 9 through 12 from three...

 and Timber Creek Regional High School

Timber Creek Regional High School

Timber Creek Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located on Jarvis Road in Erial, New Jersey, United States, in the southern section of Gloucester Township, operating as part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District...

.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:
Elementary Schools (PreK-4)

• Bellmawr Park (362 students)
  • Elizabeth Calabria, Principal
• Ethel M. Burke (275)
  • Frank Jankowski, Principal

Middle School (5-8)

• Bell Oaks Upper Elementary School (482)
  • Anthony Farinelli, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Annette Castiglione, Superintendent
• Christopher M. Rodia, Business Administrator / Board Secreatary

External links

• Bellmawr School District
• Data for the Bellmawr School District, National Center for Education Statistics
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• Black Horse Pike Regional School District