Editing Mount Laurel, New Jersey (section)

== Education ==
The [[Mount Laurel Schools]] serve public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]]. The grade configuration includes six schools serving pre-kindergarten / kindergarten through fourth-grade students. Students are assigned on a geographic basis to one of the six K–4 schools; Countryside serves the township's northwest; Fleetwood, the northeast; Hillside covers the north central portion of the township; Larchmont, a piece of the eastern side; Parkway, covers the western portion; and Springville the southern tip.<ref>[http://www.mtlaurelschools.org/parents/attendance-boundaries/index.html Map of Boundaries], Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed June 8, 2020.</ref> All students from the six K–4 schools feed into a single upper elementary school (for grades 5 and 6) and middle school (grades 7 and 8).<ref>[http://www.mtlaurelschools.org/District/About-Your-Schools/index.html About Your Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510072857/http://www.mtlaurelschools.org/District/About-Your-Schools/index.html |date=May 10, 2020 }}, Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed June 8, 2020. "Our grade configuration includes six schools serving kindergarten through fourth-grade students. Students are assigned to our six kindergarten through fourth-grade schools based upon a geographic districting plan. All students move into the upper elementary level together for fifth and sixth-grade, and remain together for entrance to the middle school for grades 7 and 8. Mount Laurel is one of eight sending districts to the Lenape Regional High School District located in adjacent Medford for ninth through 12th-grade."</ref> As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of eight schools, had an enrollment of 4,214 students and 350.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.0:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3410950&DistrictID=3410950 District information for Mount Laurel Township School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]])<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3410950 School Data for the Mount Laurel Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> are Countryside Elementary School<ref>[http://cs.mtlaurelschools.org Countryside Elementary School], Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed June 8, 2020.</ref> (with 309 students; in grades Pre-K–4), Fleetwood Elementary School<ref>[http://fw.mtlaurelschools.org Fleetwood Elementary School], Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed June 8, 2020.</ref> (372; K–4), Hillside Elementary School<ref>[http://hs.mtlaurelschools.org Hillside Elementary School], Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed June 8, 2020.</ref> (348; Pre-K–4), Larchmont Elementary School<ref>[http://lm.mtlaurelschools.org Larchmont Elementary School], Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed June 8, 2020.</ref> (395; K–4), 
Parkway Elementary School<ref>[http://pw.mtlaurelschools.org Parkway Elementary School], Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed June 8, 2020.</ref> (342; K–4), 
Springville Elementary School<ref>[http://sv.mtlaurelschools.org Springville Elementary School], Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed June 8, 2020.</ref> (512; Pre-K–4), 
Mount Laurel Hartford School<ref>[http://hf.mtlaurelschools.org Mount Laurel Hartford School], Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed June 8, 2020.</ref> (961; 5–6) and 
Thomas E. Harrington Middle School<ref>[http://hms.mtlaurelschools.org Thomas E. Harrington Middle School], Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed June 8, 2020.</ref> (963; 7–8).<ref>[http://www.mtlaurelschools.org/Schools/index.html Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220153736/http://www.mtlaurelschools.org/Schools/index.html |date=December 20, 2014 }}, Mount Laurel Schools. Accessed June 8, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3440 New Jersey School Directory for the Mount Laurel Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Parkway Elementary School was one of four schools in New Jersey recognized by the [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program]], awarded by the [[United States Department of Education]], for the 2005–2006 school year.<ref>[http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2005/2005-schools.html#nj Schools selected as No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools in 2005], [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program]]. Accessed July 17, 2012.</ref>

Public school students from Mount Laurel in [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s attend [[Lenape High School]], located in Medford.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/05/2610/050.html Lenape High School 2016 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed May 28, 2016. "Attendance Area: Mount Laurel. Lenape High School opened in 1958 on a 53-acre plot of land in Medford and, since that time, has undergone multiple renovations to accommodate the educational needs of the sprawling community of Mount Laurel."</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060927193134/http://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/test/new/schools/hsdistricts.shtml High School Sending Districts], Burlington County Library System, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of September 27, 2006. Accessed December 10, 2014.</ref> As of the 2018–2019 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,895 students and 156.6 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.1:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408490&ID=340849001094 School data for Lenape High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Lenape High School is part of the [[Lenape Regional High School District]], a regional secondary school district in Burlington County that also serves the eight municipalities of [[Evesham Township, New Jersey|Evesham Township]], [[Medford Lakes, New Jersey|Medford Lakes]], [[Medford, New Jersey|Medford]], [[Shamong Township, New Jersey|Shamong Township]], [[Southampton Township, New Jersey|Southampton]], [[Tabernacle Township, New Jersey|Tabernacle]] and [[Woodland Township, New Jersey|Woodland Township]] at its four high schools.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/05/2610/000.html Lenape Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031910/https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/05/2610/000.html |date=December 1, 2017 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed November 30, 2017. "The Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD) serves the eight municipalities of Evesham, Medford, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle and Woodland Townships and Medford Lakes Borough. Encompassing an area of 350 square miles the Lenape District is the largest school district in Burlington County."</ref><ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042812/http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/54054a82-7594-557d-8827-20427fd403ef.html "Regional School Districts"], ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', April 26, 2015. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Lenape Regional Serves: Evesham, Medford, Medford Lakes, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle, Woodland"</ref>

Students from Mount Laurel, 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?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713140204/http://www.bcit.cc/Page/71 |date=July 13, 2014 }}, [[Burlington County Institute of Technology]]. Accessed November 27, 2013.</ref>