As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 283 students and 23.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest 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.[5]
In 2016, the district commissioned a study by the Southern Regional Institute and Educational Technology Training Center at Stockton University to consider sending all students in grades 9-12 to Woodstown High School. The study concluded that Woodstown has the capacity to handle all of the students from Oldmans Township, but noted that the withdrawal from Penns Grove would results in a small decrease in the number of white students in that district's high school.[13] In 2018, the Oldmans Township district sought permission from the commissioner of education to send all students to Woodstown, which has been opposed by the Penns Grove district based on the financial impact caused by the loss of tuition.[10]
School
Oldmans Township School had an enrollment of 286 students in grades PreK-8 as of the 2018–19 school year.[14]
Core members of the district's administration are:[15][16]
Alicia Smith, superintendent
Pamela Zook, 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 (since 2012) 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.[17][18][19]
^Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 10, 2020. "This School Report Card provides the school district's constituents with information concerning the district's programs, including test scores, attendance data of students and staff, financial details, and other specifics which together form a comprehensive review of our school district’s offerings to the Woodstown-Pilesgrove community as well as the high school sending districts of Alloway, Oldmans, and Upper Pittsgrove."
^Bumpus, Robert L. "Salem County Report on Consolidation and Regionalization", Office of the Executive County Superintendent of Salem County, March 15, 2010, available at the website of the Asbury Park Press. Accessed July 5, 2011. "A contiguous elementary district, Oldmans Township, sends its students primarily to Penns Grove High School and a smaller number of students to Woodstown High School."
^ abGallo Jr., Bill. "Switching high schools could lead to a 'death spiral' of taxes in this poor N.J. district", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 5, 2018, updated May 14, 2019. Accessed June 10, 2020. "The Oldmans Township School District in Salem County has petitioned the state to send all of its grade 9 to 12 students to Woodstown High School instead of roughly splitting them between Woodstown and Penns Grove High School.... According to documents and officials, about 25 Oldmans high-schoolers attend Penns Grove and nine full-time students and one part-time student go to Woodstown. Some Oldmans students entering the ninth grade attend neither school, opting for other choices such as the county vo-tech or enroll in academy programs offered by other high schools. Which high school the Oldmans students attend depends on which side of Interstate 295 they live on. Those on the western side go to Penns Grove while those on the east to Woodstown."
^Oldmans Feasibility Study 2016, Oldmans Township School District. Accessed January 16, 2017. "The Southern Regional Institute and Educational Technology Training Center (SRI&ETTC) of Stockton University has been commissioned by the Oldmans Township Board of Education, Salem County, for the purpose of reporting on the feasibility of sending all of its 9-12 students to the Woodstown High School. Oldmans Township currently sends its high school students to either Woodstown High School or Penns Grove High School depending on the geographic location of the student's residence within Oldmans Township."
^Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Oldmans Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed May 4, 2024. "The Oldmans Township School District is a Type II district located in the County of Salem, 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. The members are elected during the general election held in November each year. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades PreK-8." See "Roster of Officials" on page 14.
^Oldmans Township Board of Education District Policy 9110 - Membership &Terms of Office, Oldmans Township School District. Accessed June 10, 2020. "The Board of Education shall be comprised of nine (9) members who are qualified voters and residents of the school district, and who are elected by the voters of the district, at the annual School Board election"
