Editing Elk Township, New Jersey (section)

== Education ==
The [[Elk Township School District]] serves students in public school for [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[sixth grade]] at Aura School.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HYw_rk990jjj-VCgs0dGVw0BQygp4ZLk/view Township of Elk Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Elk Township School District. Accessed March 10, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-K through 6 in the Elk Township School District. Composition: The Elk Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Elk Township."</ref><ref name="gloucestercountynj.gov">[https://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/DocumentCenter/View/12267/GCPSD-revisions-for-2023-2024 ''2023-24 Gloucester County Office of Education Public School Directory''], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/15/1330 School Performance Reports for the Elk Township School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed December 5, 2023.</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 336 students and 32.6 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.3:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404620&DistrictID=3404620 District information for Elk Township School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Aura School was built in 1927 and rededicated in 1949 after a fire the previous year, with the newest addition built in 2002.<ref>[http://www.elktownship.com/schools.html History of Schools], Elk Township. Accessed February 10, 2022. "A new school was built on its present site in 1927, and in 1944 the Ferrell and Hardingville Schools were consolidated with the Aura School. In 1960 the Lawns School was closed and the pupils and teachers were transferred to the Aura School."</ref>

For [[seventh grade|seventh]] through [[twelfth grade]]s, public school students attend the [[Delsea Regional School District]], which serves students from both Elk Township and [[Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey|Franklin Township]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=eb3fd7fee82948ee9c46f454eab6fb26 Delsea Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades 7 through 12 in the Delsea Regional High School District. Composition: The Delsea Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Elk Township and Franklin Township."</ref><ref>[https://delsearegional.us/community/ Community], Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024. "Sending Districts: Aura Elementary School, Franklin Township Schools"</ref> Students from [[Newfield, New Jersey|Newfield]] attend the district's schools as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] begun in September 2010 after Newfield ended its prior relationship with the [[Buena Regional School District]].<ref>Romalino, Carly Q. [https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2015/11/04/newfields-no-could-hurt-other-districts/75168406/ "Newfield's 'no' could hurt other districts"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', November 4, 2015. Accessed March 10, 2024. "In 2012, Newfield ended its send-receive agreement with Buena schools in Atlantic County, instead sending its 400 elementary and 120 high school students to districts in neighboring Franklin Township. The send-receive agreement with Franklin Township Public Schools and Delsea Regional School District — which also educated Elk Township high schoolers — was touted as cheaper tuition than Buena."</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=3415450 School Data for the Delsea Regional School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>) are 
Delsea Regional Middle School<ref>[https://delsearegional.us/middle-school/ Delsea Regional Middle School], Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024.</ref> with 518 students in grades 7-8 and 
[[Delsea Regional High School]]<ref>[https://delsearegional.us/high-school/ Delsea High Middle School], Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024.</ref> with 1,074 students in grades 9-12.<ref name="gloucestercountynj.gov"/><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/15/4940 School Performance Reports for the Delsea Regional High School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 10, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4940 New Jersey School Directory for the Delsea Regional School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> The seats on the high school district's nine-member [[board of education]] are allocated to the constituent municipalities based on population, with two seats assigned to Elk Township.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/18/4940.pdf#page=10 ''Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Delsea Regional School District''], [[New Jersey Department of Education]], for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed April 1, 2020. "The nine-member Board of Education is an elected body consisting of seven representatives from Franklin Township and two from Elk Township.... The Delsea Regional High School District is a Type II district located in the County of Gloucester, State of New Jersey. As a Type II District, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms."</ref>

The [[New Jersey Department of Education]] considered a vote by the Board of Education of the [[Franklin Township Public Schools (Gloucester County, New Jersey)|Franklin Township Public Schools]] in June 2010, requesting that the district withdraw from the Delsea Regional School District, which would require that the Delsea region be dissolved since about 80% of the regional district's students come from Franklin. With the withdrawal of Franklin Township, two options considered were to either have Franklin and Elk Townships create a new regional district with Newfield students attending on a send-receive basis, or having Franklin Township establish its own Pre-K–12 district which would receive students from both Elk Township and Newfield.<ref>Bumpus, Robert L. [http://www.franklintwpschools.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/AdvisaryFeasibility-Study.pdf "Report of the Interim Executive County Superintendent of Schools on the Withdrawal of Franklin Township School District from Delsea Regional School District, a Limited Purpose Regional School District"]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[New Jersey Department of Education]], March 30, 2012. Accessed September 8, 2013.</ref><ref>Cooney, Joe. [http://www.app.com/article/A8/20120714/NEWS01/307140035/Vote-could-end-Delsea-district "Vote could end Delsea district; Franklin board seeks K-12 system"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', July 13, 2012. Accessed December 24, 2014. "Franklin — The township's school board is seeking approval for a referendum that could lead to dissolution of the Delsea Regional School District. Franklin and Elk currently make up the regional district for students in grades 7 to 12. If a vote takes place, residents in those communities would decide on whether to create a new district for both municipalities' students in prekindergarten through 12th grade.... Newfield, which previously sent its kids to Buena Regional schools, now sends its students to Franklin and Delsea."</ref>

Students from across the county are eligible to apply to attend [[Gloucester County Institute of Technology]], a four-year high school in [[Deptford Township, New Jersey|Deptford Township]] that provides technical and vocational education. As a public school, students do not pay tuition to attend the school.<ref>[https://www.gcit.org/apply-to-gcit/admissions Admissions], [[Gloucester County Institute of Technology]]. Accessed November 7, 2019. "There is no charge to attend. GCIT is a public school.... GCIT is the vocational-technical school for Gloucester County residents. You must live in Gloucester County to apply and attend."</ref>