Editing Somerdale, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
[[Somerdale School District]] serves public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] at Somerdale Park School.<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=952650e6b9ae40aabadc328a21f9e2f5 Somerdale Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Somerdale School District. Accessed November 1, 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 eight in the Somerdale School District. Composition: The Somerdale School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Somerdale."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/07/4790 School Performance Reports for the Somerdale School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4790 New Jersey School Directory for the Somerdale School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 447 students and 43.5 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=3415000&DistrictID=3415000 District information for Somerdale School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</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 also serves students from [[Magnolia, New Jersey|Magnolia]] and [[Stratford, New Jersey|Stratford]], along with the sending districts of [[Hi-Nella, New Jersey|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> Seats on the district's board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with three seats assigned to Somerdale.<ref>[https://www.sterling.k12.nj.us/District/board_of_education/meet_the_boe Board of Education Members], Sterling High School. Accessed November 1, 2024.</ref>

Our Lady of Grace was a K–8 elementary school that operated under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden]]. As part of the reorganization by the Camden Diocese, Our Lady of Grace School and the associated church were both closed, after a November 2009 announcement from the Camden Diocese that the Somerdale church would be one of three churches that would be closed and combined to create Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Lindenwold.<ref>Staff. [http://www.catholicstarherald.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3787:diocese-of-camden-parish-planning-timeline&catid=102:latest-news "Diocese of Camden Parish Planning Timeline"], ''Catholic Star Herald'', November 19, 2009. Accessed July 21, 2013. "November 6, 2009: Bishop Joseph Galante formally decrees that the parishes of Saint Luke (Stratford), St. Lawrence (Lindenwold) and Our Lady of Grace (Somerdale), will merge and the new parish resulting from the merger, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, will be established December 9, 2009."</ref>