Editing Gloucester City, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Gloucester City Public Schools]] serve students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=fea2daadfd8442b284911bf146caaed5 Gloucester City Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Gloucester City Public Schools. Accessed September 8, 2024. "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 Gloucester City School District. Composition: The Gloucester City School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Gloucester City."</ref> The 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> Students from [[Brooklawn, New Jersey|Brooklawn]] attend the district's high school as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Brooklawn Public School District]].<ref>Graham, Kristen A. [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=0EB7374187AAC1B9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Brooklawn Considers Finding New District For High School Pupils"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', March 16, 2001. Accessed June 19, 2008. "The tiny Brooklawn system, comprising just over 300 students and one school, sends about 80 ninth through 12th graders to the neighboring Gloucester City district, which has more than 2,000 students and four schools."</ref>

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 2,356 students and 176.8 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 13.3:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3406000&DistrictID=3406000 District information for Gloucester City Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406000 School Data for the Gloucester City Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>) are 
Cold Springs Elementary School<ref>[http://css.gcsd.k12.nj.us/ Cold Springs Elementary School], Gloucester City Public School District. Accessed September 8, 2024.</ref> with 842 students in grades PreK-3, 
Gloucester City Middle School<ref>[http://mec.gcsd.k12.nj.us/ Gloucester City Middle School], Gloucester City Public School District. Accessed September 8, 2024.</ref> with 779 students in grades 4-8 and 
[[Gloucester City High School]]<ref>[http://ghs.gcsd.k12.nj.us/ Gloucester City High School], Gloucester City Public School District. Accessed September 8, 2024.</ref> with 702 students in grades 9-12.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/17/1770 School Performance Reports for the Gloucester City Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1770 New Jersey School Directory for the Gloucester City Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden]] operates [[Gloucester Catholic High School]], a [[co-education]]al [[Catholic school|Roman Catholic high school]] for grades 7-12 that opened in 1928.<ref>[http://gchsrams.org/wordpress/?page_id=111 History], [[Gloucester Catholic High School]]. Accessed February 22, 2023. "Plans were made immediately for an addition and, in the meantime, classes met at the Pusey and Jones office building. The new school opened its doors in 1928. Eleven rooms and a gymnasium must have seemed quite large to the class of 1930."</ref><ref>[https://southjerseycatholicschools.org/catholic-schools-in-south-jersey/ Schools], South Jersey Catholic Schools. Accessed February 22, 2023.</ref> Saint Mary School was a Catholic grammar school that served grade levels from three- and four-year-old pre-school to eighth grade, which was closed by the diocese at the end of the 2010–2011 school year, in the wake of declining enrollment and rising deficits that were beyond the ability of the diocese to cover.<ref>Giordano, Rita. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106185425/http://articles.philly.com/2011-05-20/news/29564430_1_parishes-catholic-school-diocese "St. Mary School in Gloucester City to close, diocese confirms"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', May 20, 2011. Accessed October 14, 2013. "The Diocese of Camden confirmed Thursday that it planned to close St. Mary School in Gloucester City at the end of this school year, but members of the school community said they would not give up without a fight.... In a statement posted Thursday on St. Mary's website, Bishop Joseph A. Galante said the diocese had been working with the school to help it meet its financial challenges, including providing loans. In three years, he said, enrollment has shrunk from 194 to 183 now, with 155 projected for next year."</ref>