Editing Moorestown, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
{{Further|Moorestown Township Public Schools}}
The [[Moorestown Township Public Schools]] serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=32494e5a1a284163b0aeb5bd573f7266 Moorestown Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 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 Moorestown Township School District. Composition: The Moorestown Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Moorestown Township."</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 3,884 students and 345.5 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.2:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3410710&DistrictID=3410710 District information for Moorestown Township 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=3410710 School Data for the Moorestown Township Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> are 
George C. Baker Elementary School<ref>[http://baker.mtps.com/ George C. Baker Elementary School], Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> with 397 students in grades PreK-3, 
Mary E. Roberts Elementary School<ref>[http://roberts.mtps.com/ Mary E. Roberts Elementary School], Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> with 313 students in grades PreK-3, 
South Valley Elementary School<ref>[http://sv.mtps.com/ South Valley Elementary School], Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> with 392 students in grades PreK-3, 
Moorestown Upper Elementary School<ref>[http://ues.mtps.com/ Moorestown Upper Elementary School], Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> with 853 students in grades 4-6, 
William Allen Middle School<ref>[http://wams.mtps.com/ William Allen Middle School], Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> with 616 students in grades 7-8 and 
[[Moorestown High School]]<ref>[http://mhs.mtps.com/ Moorestown High School], Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref> with 1,267 students in grades 9-12.<ref name=Administration>[https://www.mtps.com/district_info/administration Administration], Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/05/3360 School Performance Reports for the Elsinboro Township School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3360 New Jersey School Directory for the Moorestown Township Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Students from Moorestown, 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 27, 2013.</ref>

[[Moorestown Friends School]] is a private [[list of Friends schools|Quaker school]] located at East Main Street and Chester Avenue. The school serves approximately 700 students from preschool through twelfth grade.<ref name=MFS/>

Our Lady of Good Counsel School, which operates under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]], is attached to [[Our Lady of Good Counsel Church (Moorestown, New Jersey)|Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish]]; located behind the church on Prospect Avenue, it was founded in 1927 and has about 480 students from nursery through eighth grade.<ref>[https://www.olgc.me/what-we-do Who We Are], Our Lady of Good Counsel School. Accessed February 7, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://dioceseoftrenton.org/burlington-county-elementary-schools Burlington County Elementary Schools], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]]. Accessed February 7, 2023.</ref> In 2015, the school was one of 15 schools in New Jersey, and one of six private schools, recognized as a [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|National Blue Ribbon School]] in the exemplary high performing category by the [[United States Department of Education]].<ref>[http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2015/national.pdf#page=15 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private], [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program]]. Accessed November 14, 2016.</ref><ref>Mueller, Mark. [http://www.nj.com/education/2015/09/which_nj_schools_were_picked_as_national_blue_ribb.html "Which N.J. schools were named National Blue Ribbon schools?"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 29, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2016. "Fifteen New Jersey schools have been recognized by the federal government as National Blue Ribbon Schools, a designation that celebrates excellence in academics or progress in closing the achievement gap among groups of students.... Each of the 15 New Jersey schools was chosen for the 'exemplary high performing' category, which weighs state or national tests, high school graduation rates and the performance of subgroups of students, such as those who are economically disadvantaged."</ref>

Additionally there are students from Moorestown who attend Resurrection Catholic School in [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey|Cherry Hill]].<ref>[https://www.rcscherryhill.com/rcsch/About/ About], Resurrection Catholic School. Accessed February 7, 2023.</ref> This school is under the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden]].