The Moorestown Township Public Schools (MTPS) is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Moorestown, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Moorestown Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Moorestown Township Public Schools, adopted August 26, 2008. Accessed August 5, 2025. "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 twelve in the Moorestown Township School District. Composition: The Moorestown Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Moorestown Township."
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising six schools, had an enrollment of 3,884 students and 345.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1.District information for Moorestown Township Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
Notably, the district was part of a lawsuit in 2003 called Hornstine v. Township of Moorestown over attempted policy changes made by Moorestown High School.
History In 1948, during de jure educational segregation in the United States, the district had separate elementary and junior high schools for white children and a combined such school for black children. The school for black children lacked language and mathematics courses offered at the white junior high school which meant, according to Noma Jensen of the Journal of Negro Education, black entrants to the high school were unable to get into science nor classical education streams as their prior education rendered entry "virtually impossible". - CITED: p. 85.
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 1, 2024.
Awards and recognition For the 1991-92 school year, George C. Baker Elementary School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. Moorestown High School was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School for the 1999-2000 school year.Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed February 19, 2024.
Schools Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics)School Data for the Moorestown Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024. are:Administration, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed August 5, 2025.Public Schools Directory 2023–2024, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.School Performance Reports for the Elsinboro Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.New Jersey School Directory for the Moorestown Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024. Elementary schools George C. Baker Elementary SchoolGeorge C. Baker Elementary School, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024. with 397 students in grades PreK–3 Shelly Rowe, principal Mary E. Roberts Elementary SchoolMary E. Roberts Elementary School, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024. with 313 students in grades PreK–3 Brian Carter, principal South Valley Elementary SchoolSouth Valley Elementary School, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024. with 392 students in grades PreK–3 Heather Hackl, principal Moorestown Upper Elementary SchoolMoorestown Upper Elementary School, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024. with 853 students in grades 4–6 Susan Powell, principal Middle school William Allen Middle SchoolWilliam Allen Middle School, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024. with 616 students in grades 7–8 Cheryl Carravano, principal High school Moorestown High SchoolMoorestown High School, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed February 19, 2024. with 1,267 students in grades 9–12 Andrew Seibel, principal
Administration Core members of the district's administration are:New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024. Courtney McNeely, superintendentMiller, Janel "Jaycee". Moorestown schools hires Pittsgrove school district chief as its new superintendent, 70 and 73, October 17, 2024. Accessed August 5, 2025. "The Moorestown school board voted 6-3 at its meeting Tuesday to appoint Courtney McNeely as its new superintendent.... McNeely is currently superintendent at Pittsgrove Township School District in Salem County." James Heiser, business administrator and board secretaryBusiness and Finance, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed August 5, 2025.
The school district has had several superintendents, acting superintendents and interim superintendents over the span of a decade. John Bach retired in 2012 after being the superintendent for five years. Brian Betze started as superintendent in July 2012 and would resign after one year in the job. After that, Lynn Shugars, the district's business administrator at the time, would serve as acting superintendent. Timothy Rehm would then be hired as interim superintendent in February 2014 and then became the permanent superintendent. He resigned in October 2015. Carole Butler, the district's Director of Curriculum and Instruction, would serve as acting superintendent. Despite community support for her becoming the permanent superintendent, Scott McCartney was hired for the job in 2016. McCartney would retire in June 2021 and Leonard Fitts became the interim superintendent until Michael Volpe became the next permanent superintendent in December. Volpe resigned after only one year to become superintendent in his hometown of Hillsborough. Joseph Bollendorf, who had recently retired as the superintendent in Washington Township in Gloucester County, would then become the interim superintendent in Moorestown, serving until January 2025 when Courtney McNeely, the superintendent of the Pittsgrove Township School District, was hired as the next permanent superintendent.
Board of education The district's board of education, composed 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.New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Moorestown Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2024. Accessed August 5, 2025. "The Moorestown Township Public School District (hereafter referred to as the 'District') is a Type II district located in the County of Burlington, 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. These terms are staggered so that three members’ terms expire each year. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades kindergarten through twelfth." See "Roster of Officials" on page 17.Meet the Board of Education, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed August 5, 2025. "The Moorestown Board of Education is comprised of nine members who are elected for a three year term."
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External links Moorestown Township Public Schools
School Data for the Moorestown Township Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics