The Cherry Hill Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Cherry Hill Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's 19 schools had an enrollment of 11,463 students and 837 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.70. It is the twelfth-largest school district in the state of New Jersey and one of the largest suburban districts. The district has grown by about 2,000 students in the last 12 years.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third 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.
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