Editing Barrington, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Barrington Public Schools]] serve public school students in [[kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]].<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/19/0190.pdf#page=40 ''Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Barrington School District''], [[New Jersey Department of Education]], year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed August 17, 2020. "The Barrington School District ('School District') is a Type II district located in the County of Camden, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board of Education is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three member's terms expire each year. The purpose of the School District is to provide educational services for resident students in grades K through 8. Students in grades 9 through 12, attend, on a tuition basis, the Haddon Heights High School District."</ref><ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=ba9fed582f6e4dd193efb6a7a49b4cbb Barrington Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Barrington Public Schools. Accessed September 13, 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 eight in the Barrington School District. Composition: The Barrington School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Barrington."</ref> As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 567 students and 60.8 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 9.3:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3401170&DistrictID=3401170 District information for Barrington School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401170 School Data for the Barrington Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref>) are 
Avon Elementary School<ref>[https://www.barringtonschools.net/avon_elementary_school Avon Elementary School], Barrington School District. Accessed September 13, 2022.</ref> with 312 students in grades PreK-4 
Woodland Middle School<ref>[https://www.barringtonschools.net/woodland_middle_school Woodland Middle School], Barrington School District. Accessed September 13, 2022.</ref> with 251 students in grades 5 through 8.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/07/0190 School Performance Reports for the Barrington School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 31, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0190 New Jersey School Directory for the Barrington Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

For [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s, public school students attend [[Haddon Heights Junior/Senior High School]], which serves [[Haddon Heights, New Jersey|Haddon Heights]], and students from Barrington, [[Lawnside, New Jersey|Lawnside]] and [[Merchantville, New Jersey|Merchantville]] who attend the high school as part of [[sending/receiving relationship]]s with the [[Haddon Heights School District]].<ref>[http://highschool.hhsd.k12.nj.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_848229/File/Student%20Services/2015-2016_HHHS_Profile.pdf ''Haddon Heights High School 2015-2016 Profile''], Haddon Heights School District. Accessed December 8, 2017. "The rich fabric of our student body is enhanced by a diverse population, coming to us from the neighboring communities of Barrington, Lawnside and Merchantville (starting with the Class of 2019)"</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/report.aspx?type=school&lang=english&county=07&district=1880&school=050&SY=1617&schoolyear=2016-2017 Haddon Heights High School 2016-17 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 15, 2018. "Haddon Heights Jr./Sr. High School is home to 4 sending districts: Haddon Heights, Lawnside, Barrington, and Merchantville"</ref> The Haddon Heights district approved a contract in September 2013 with the [[Merchantville School District]] that would add about 80 students a year from Merchantville to the high school, in addition to the average of more than 260 students from Barrington and 120 from Lawnside that are sent to Haddon Heights each year.<ref>Correa, Mark. [http://barringtonbulletin.com/2013/09/16/haddon-heights-board-oks-plan-to-bring-merchantville-students-to-high-school/ "Haddon Heights board OKs plan to bring Merchantville students to high school"], Barrington Bulletin, September 16, 2013. Accessed December 11, 2014. "The Haddon Heights School District Board of Education approved a contract with the Merchantville School District this month that would add Merchantville to Barrington and Lawnside as communities that send students to Haddon Heights High School, the district confirmed.... Barrington is projected in coming years to send about 263 students per year to Haddon Heights High School, the study said."</ref> As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 997 students and 82.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.2:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406330&ID=340633001528 School data for Haddon Heights Jr./Sr. High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref>

Students from Barrington, and from all of Camden County, are eligible to attend the [[Camden County Technical Schools]], a countywide public school district that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at [[Gloucester Township Technical High School]] in the [[Sicklerville, New Jersey|Sicklerville]] section of [[Gloucester Township, New Jersey|Gloucester Township]] or [[Pennsauken Technical High School]] in [[Pennsauken Township, New Jersey|Pennsauken Township]]. Students are accepted based on district admission standards and costs of attendance and transportation are covered by the home district of each student.<ref>[http://www.ccts.tec.nj.us/ourschools/about_our_schools.html About Our Schools] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912003446/http://www.ccts.tec.nj.us/ourschools/about_our_schools.html |date=2011-09-12 }}, [[Camden County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 26, 2013.</ref>

St. Francis De Sales Regional School was an elementary school that operated under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden]]. The school closed after the 2008–2009 school year in the face of declining enrollment and rising costs.<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=128E82600408E5E0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Catholic school in Barrington is shut down"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', June 18, 2009. Accessed August 25, 2013. "Just one month after saying that Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Regional School in Barrington would reopen next year, the Diocese of Camden announced yesterday that it was closing the school for good. Bishop Joseph Galante explained in a letter that the school - in operation for just one year - had suffered an enrollment decline so steep that five pastors whose parishes sent children to Sacred Heart had urged him to close it."</ref> Annunciation School in Bellmawr had been closed by the diocese at the end of the 2007–2008 school year and merged into the Barrington school.<ref>Staff. [http://www.catholicstarherald.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2097%3Ain-the-fall-different-schools-will-open&catid=95%3Acatholic-school-news&Itemid=300033 "In the fall, different schools will open"], ''Catholic Star Herald'', June 19, 2008. Accessed August 25, 2013. "Annunciation, Bellmawr, will merge with St. Francis de Sales, Barrington, for a new school, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, at the Barrington site."</ref>