Editing Hi-Nella, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
Hi-Nella is a non-operating school district.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2009/0701nonops.htm 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated], [[New Jersey Department of Education]] press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed December 26, 2009.</ref> For [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]], public school students from Hi-Nella attend school in [[Stratford, New Jersey|Stratford]] as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Stratford School District]] that was phased in over a five-year period starting in the 2012–13 school year.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/16/5080.pdf Borough of Stratford School District Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2016], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 5, 2017. "The addition of Hi-Nella students through a five-year phase-in send/receive agreement that began with the 2012-13 school year will increase total enrollment, at the end of the five years, by 100 students.... In addition, the School District provides educational services for students received on a tuition basis in grades 7 and 8 from the Laurel Springs School District and in grades Pre-K through 8 from the Hi-Nella School District."</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 901 students and 78.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.6:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3415870&DistrictID=3415870 District information for Stratford 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=3415870 School Data for the Stratford School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>) are 
Parkview Elementary School<ref>[http://parkview.stratford.k12.nj.us/ Parkview Elementary School], Stratford School District. Accessed May 4, 2020.</ref> with 384 students in pre-kindergarten through third grade and 
Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School<ref>[http://yellin.stratford.k12.nj.us/ Samuel S. Yellin Elementary School], Stratford School District. Accessed May 4, 2020.</ref> with 507 students in grades 4 through 8.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/07/5080 School Performance Reports for the Stratford School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/5080 New Jersey School Directory for the Stratford School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Prior to the 2012–13 changeover, Hi-Nella students in K–8 had attended the [[Oaklyn Public School District]].<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1314/narrative/07/3770/07-3770-050.html Oaklyn Public School 2014 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 21, 2015. "In the middle of the Borough of Oaklyn, a town of about 4,000 residents, sits the Oaklyn Public School. Today, this historic school building that was constructed in 1926 serves 409 students in pre-kindergarten through ninth grade. In addition to resident students, children residing in the Borough of Hi-Nella also attend this school."</ref> With Hi-Nella ending its [[sending/receiving relationship]] under a phase-out that would see all Hi-Nella students out of Oaklyn's school by 2016–17, the Oaklyn district saw overall enrollment decline from 469 in 2011–12 to 384 in 2014–15,<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/15/3770.pdf#page=8 Oaklyn Board of Education Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2015], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 5, 2017. "Oaklyn and our sending district Hi Nella have agreed to sever their send/receive relationship. As a result, 2014-15 saw another decrease in enrollment. Enrollments will continue to decline due to the loss of Hi Nella into 2016. In 16-17, there will no longer be any pupils from Hi Nella attending the Oaklyn Public School."</ref> resulting in the loss of tuition revenue that had accounted for as much as 10% of Oaklyn's budget, causing significant strain on the district's budget.<ref>Skoufalos, Matt. [http://www.njpen.com/oaklyn-school-searches-for-answers-amid-budget-shortfall/ "Oaklyn School Searches for Answers Amid Budget Shortfall; Resolving the financial issues of the small district will require some creative problem-solving, says Superintendent Scott Oswald."], NJ Pen. Accessed February 5, 2017. "A longstanding receiving arrangement with the tiny borough of Hi-Nella, just six miles south, used to bring in as much as $800,000 to the Oaklyn district—about 10 percent of its annual budget, said Scott Oswald, joint superintendent of the Collingswood and Oaklyn school districts. But four years ago, Hi-Nella started pulling its students out of Oaklyn to send them to the neighboring Stratford school district. When they left, so did their tuition dollars."</ref>

For [[ninth grade]] through [[twelfth grade]], public school students attend [[Sterling High School (New Jersey)|Sterling High School]], a regional high school district that serves students from [[Magnolia, New Jersey|Magnolia]], [[Somerdale, New Jersey|Somerdale]] and [[Stratford, New Jersey|Stratford]], along with the sending districts of Hi-Nella and [[Laurel Springs, New Jersey|Laurel Springs]].<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/07/5035/050.html Sterling High School 2015 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed June 2, 2016. "Sterling High School District is a regional district serving Hi Nella, Laurel Springs, Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford. Sterling is a suburban residential community, approximately 7 miles southeast of Camden, NJ and part of the Philadelphia, PA metropolitan area."</ref><ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/11/5035.pdf Annual Comprehensive Financial Report For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011], Sterling High School District. Accessed December 8, 2014. "The purpose of the School District is to provide educational services for resident students in grades 9 through 12 that reside in the Borough's of Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford. In addition, the School District provides educational services for students in grades 9 through 12 received, on a tuition basis, from the Laurel Springs School District and the Hi-Nella School District."</ref> The high school is located in Somerdale. As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 894 students and 70.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.8:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402880&ID=340288001662 School data for Sterling High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>
Prior to the establishment of the sending agreement with Sterling in 1996, Hi-Nella students had attended [[Collingswood High School]], which is much further away from Hi-Nella.<ref>Audi, Tamara. [http://articles.philly.com/1996-11-22/news/25648353_1_regional-district-students-school-board "Board Votes Hi-Nella Into Regional District; This Was A Key Step In Hi-Nella's Longtime Effort To Send Its Students To Schools In Nearby Sterling."] {{Webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021080633/http://articles.philly.com/1996-11-22/news/25648353_1_regional-district-students-school-board | date=October 21, 2013}}, ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', November 22, 1996. Accessed July 30, 2024. "It took only a few minutes last night for the Sterling school board to vote unanimously to accept Hi-Nella as a member of the regional district.... The vote makes use of a new law that could end Hi-Nella's five-year effort to release its dozen high school students from relatively distant Collingswood and Oaklyn schools in favor of Sterling, which is within walking distance of most Hi-Nella homes."</ref>