Schools
Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Elementary Schools (PreK-5)
- Garfield East Elementary School (436 students)
- Hawthorne Elementary School (460)
- J.C. Stuart Elementary School (453)
- Twin Hills Elementary School (371)
- W.R. James Sr. Elementary School (383)
Upper Elementary School (5-6)
- Memorial Upper Elementary School (700)
Middle School (7-8)
- Levitt Middle School (719)
High School (9-12)
- Willingboro High School (968)
The S.W. Bookbinder (356 students), J.A. McGinley (383) and Martin Luther King Jr. (295) Elementary Schools were closed at the end of the 2005-06 school year as part of an effort to save about $3.7 million, through the reduction of 70 staff members and class sizes increased to as many as 28 at the five remaining elementary schools. The cuts were needed to fill a two-year budget deficit of nearly $10 million.
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