Pemberton Township School District


Pemberton Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district headquartered in Pemberton Township, New Jersey, United States, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide, which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.
The school district serves Pemberton Township along with Pemberton Borough.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising 11 schools, had an enrollment of 4,880 students and 434.0 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education 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.

Awards and recognition

Pemberton High School was awarded AP District Honor Roll for simultaneously achieving increases in access to Advanced Placement courses for a broader number of students and also maintaining or improved rate at which the school's AP students earned scores of 3 or higher on an AP Exam.
In the 2016-2017 school year, Helen Fort Newcomb Middle School, Howard Emmons School and Alexander Denbo School were recognized as State Schools of Character by the New Jersey Alliance for Social, Emotional, and Character Development.
In the 2017-2018 school year, Samuel Busansky, Fort Dix, Harker-Wylie and Joseph Stackhouse elementary schools, along with Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center were recognized as State Schools of Character by the NEW Jersey Alliance for Social, Emotional, and Character Development.

Schools

Schools in the district are:
;Preschool
;Elementary schools
;Middle schools
;High school
Core members of the district's administration are:
The district's board of education, with nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held as part of the November general election.