Pennsauken Public Schools

The Pennsauken Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Pennsauken Township, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of 10 schools, had an enrollment of 4,828 students and 415.5 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

History

Students from Merchantville had attended the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship that began in 1972, when the borough's high school was closed. For years, the Merchantville district had sought to end the relationship with the Pennsauken district. In the wake of a 2015 decision by the New Jersey Department of Education, Merchantville students began attending Haddon Heights High School starting in the 2015–16 school year, as part of a transition that would be fully in place in the 2018–19 school year.

Governance

In 1996 the district stated that a parent survey on school uniforms showed 68% of respondents favoring them.

Schools

Schools in the district are:
;Preschool

Baldwin Early Childhood Learning Center
*Danielle McGowan, principal

;Elementary schools

G. H. Carson Elementary School
*Diane D. Joyce, principal
Delair Elementary School
*Rosalyn Lawrence, principal
George B. Fine Elementary School
*Thomas Honeyman, principal
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
*Susan P. Galloza, principal
Pennsauken Intermediate School
*Tanya Harmon, principal

;Middle school

Howard M. Phifer Middle School
*Jon Reising, principal

;High schools

Pennsauken High School
*Richard Bonkowski, principal
Alfred E. Burling Alternative High School
*Michael McCoach, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

Caroline Steer, acting superintendent
John Ogunkanmi, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.