The Egg Harbor City School District is a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 responsible for the education of children in pre-Kindergarten through Eighth Grade from Egg Harbor City

Egg Harbor City, New Jersey

Egg Harbor City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 4,243....

, in Atlantic County

Atlantic County, New Jersey

-National protected areas:* Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge * Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River -Demographics:...

, New Jersey

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, United States.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 484 students and 59.00 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.20.

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 "A", the 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.

Students in public school for grades 9 - 12 attend Cedar Creek High School, located in Egg Harbor City, which opened in September 2010 and serves students from Egg Harbor City, Mullica Township

Mullica Township, New Jersey

Mullica Township is a township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 6,147....

, Port Republic

Port Republic, New Jersey

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 and portions of Washington Township

Washington Township, Burlington County, New Jersey

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. The High School is part of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District

Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District

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, a regional high school

High school

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 district serving the constituent districts of Egg Harbor City, Galloway Township

Galloway Township, New Jersey

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, Hamilton Township

Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey

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 and Mullica Township

Mullica Township, New Jersey

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, together with the districts of the City of Port Republic

Port Republic, New Jersey

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 and Washington Township

Washington Township, Burlington County, New Jersey

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 (in Burlington County

Burlington County, New Jersey

There were 154,371 households out of which 34.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.70% were married couples living together, 10.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were non-families. 22.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% had...

) whose students attend as part of sending/receiving relationship

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s.

In a referendum held on September 25, 2007, by a 3,176–1,719 margin, voters approved a plan to construct Cedar Creek, the third high school in the district, located in Egg Harbor City. The new school was intended to alleviate overcrowding in the two existing schools and serve students from Egg Harbor City and Mullica Township. Construction started in Fall 2008 for completion by Summer 2010. In December 2007 the citizens of Egg Harbor City also approved the construction a new middle school (grades 4-8) to replace the aging Fanny D. Rittenberg Middle School which was built in 1923. The new middle school, the Egg Harbor City Community School, opened in September 2010,, as well as Cedar Creek High School.

Schools

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

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) are:

• Charles L. Spragg School with 278 students in pre-K to Grade 3 (was PreK-4)
  • Adrienne Shulby, Principal
• Egg Harbor City Community School for grades 4 to 8 (replaced Fanny D. Rittenberg School, with 203 students in grades 5 - 8)
  • Jack Griffith, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• John Gilly, III - Superintendent of Schools
• Joseph Smurlo - Business Administrator

External links

• Egg Harbor City School District
• Data for the Egg Harbor City School District, National Center for Education Statistics
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• Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District
• Absegami High School website