Editing Pemberton Township, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Pemberton Township School District]] serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=dbcfea39423746028f70325837bfa033 Pemberton Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Pemberton Township School District. Accessed January 1, 2023. "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 twelve in the Pemberton Township School District. Composition: The Pemberton Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Pemberton Township and Pemberton Borough."</ref><ref name="District Overview">[https://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/domain/32 District Overview], Pemberton Township School District. Accessed May 13, 2020. "Pemberton Township Schools serves approximately 5,000 students from Pemberton Township, Pemberton Borough and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. With a dedicated early childhood education center serving 3 and 4 year-old pre-kindergarten students, seven elementary schools (grades kindergarten through 5th), two middle schools (one for grade 6, another for grades 7 and 8), and high school (grades 9-12), Pemberton Township Schools provide a quality, comprehensive education for all students."</ref> The district is the singular district for most of the township, except for portions on the Fort Dix entity of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst;<ref name=CensusSDmap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34005_burlington/DC20SD_C34005.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Burlington County, NJ|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-08-07}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34005_burlington/DC20SD_C34005_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> the school district is one of three choices for K-12 students on the property of the base.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/military-installation/joint-base-mcguire-dix-lakehurst/education/education|title=Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Education|publisher=[[Military One Source]]|accessdate=2022-08-07}} - This is a [[.mil]] site.</ref>

The Pemberton Township district is one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in ''Abbott v. Burke''<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the ''Abbott v. Burke'' case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."</ref> 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]].<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> The school district serves Pemberton Township (including the communities of [[Browns Mills, New Jersey|Browns Mills]], [[Country Lake Estates, New Jersey|Country Lake Estates]], [[Pemberton Heights, New Jersey|Pemberton Heights]] and [[Presidential Lakes Estates, New Jersey|Presidential Lakes Estates]] and the Pemberton Township portion of [[Fort Dix, New Jersey|Fort Dix]]) along with [[Pemberton, New Jersey|Pemberton Borough]].<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/05/4050/000.html Pemberton Township Schools 2016 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed October 8, 2017. "Our student population of over 5000 students come from Pemberton Township, Pemberton Borough and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst."</ref><ref name="District Overview"/> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of nine schools, had an enrollment of 4,443 students.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3412810&DistrictID=3412810 District information for Pemberton Township School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412810 School Data for the Pemberton Township School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center<ref>[https://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=13 Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center], Pemberton Township School District. Accessed May 13, 2020.</ref> (with 416 students; PreK), 
Samuel T. Busansky Elementary School<ref>[https://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=17 Samuel T. Busansky Elementary School], Pemberton Township School District. Accessed May 13, 2020.</ref> (281; 3–5), 
Denbo-Crichton Elementary School<ref>[https://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/Domain/14 Denbo-Crichton Elementary School], Pemberton Township School District. Accessed December 28th, 2022.</ref> (850; K–5), 
Howard L. Emmons Elementary School<ref>[https://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=15 Howard L. Emmons Elementary School], Pemberton Township School District. Accessed May 13, 2020.</ref> (293; K-2), 
Fort Dix Elementary School<ref>[https://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=27 Fort Dix Elementary School], Pemberton Township School District. Accessed May 13, 2020.</ref> (317; PreK-5), 
Joseph S. Stackhouse Elementary School<ref>[https://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=25 Joseph S. Stackhouse Elementary School], Pemberton Township School District. Accessed December 28th, 2022.</ref> (223; K-2), 
Marcus Newcomb Middle School<ref>[https://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=29 Marcus Newcomb Middle School], Pemberton Township School District. Accessed May 13, 2020.</ref> (307; 6), 
Helen A. Fort Middle School<ref>[https://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=11 Helen A. Fort Middle School], Pemberton Township School District. Accessed May 13, 2020.</ref> (661; 7–8) and 
[[Pemberton Township High School]]<ref>[https://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=9 Pemberton Township High School], Pemberton Township School District. Accessed May 13, 2020.</ref> (1,029; 9–12).<ref>[https://www.pemberton.k12.nj.us/domain/44 School Directory], Pemberton Township School District. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.co.burlington.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/1173/Public-Schools-Directory#page=75 ''2018-19 Public School Directory''], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]]. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/05/4050 School Performance Reports for the Pemberton Township School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/burlington New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Students from Pemberton Township, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the [[Burlington County Institute of Technology]], a countywide public school district that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at its campuses in [[Medford, New Jersey|Medford]] and [[Westampton, New Jersey|Westampton]].<ref>[http://www.bcit.cc/Page/71 Why Choose BCIT?], [[Burlington County Institute of Technology]]. Accessed November 29, 2013.</ref>

Pemberton Township was the location of the main campus of [[Rowan College at Burlington County]], formerly known as [[Burlington County College]] (BCC), the county's [[community college]], having moved to its first permanent site in Pemberton Township in 1971.<ref>[http://www.rcbc.edu/college-history College History], [[Rowan College at Burlington County]]. Accessed November 19, 2016.</ref> It was the main campus until 2015 when all Pemberton Campus classes were transferred to [[Mount Laurel, New Jersey|Mount Laurel]]. The last part of the Pemberton Campus closed in summer 2019.<ref>[https://www.rcbc.edu/mount-laurel Mount Laurel Campus], [[Rowan College at Burlington County]]. Accessed May 13, 2020</ref>