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The City of Burlington Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade in the City of Burlington, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide,〔(Abbott Districts ), New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archiveas of May 15, 2009. Accessed August 14, 2012.〕 which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.〔(What are SDA Districts? ), New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed August 14, 2012. "SDA Districts are 31 special-needs school districts throughout New Jersey. They were formerly known as Abbott Districts, based on the Abbott v. Burke case in which the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts.... The districts were renamed after the elimination of the Abbott designation through passage of the state’s new School Funding Formula in January 2008."〕〔(SDA Districts ), New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed August 14, 2012.〕 As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 1,789 students and 175.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.19:1.〔(District information for Burlington School District ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 23, 2014.〕 The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second 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.〔(NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 23, 2014.〕 The district's high school serves as a receiving school for students in grade nine through twelve from Edgewater Park Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Edgewater Park School District.〔(Burlington City High School 2014 Report Card Narrative ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015. "Burlington City High School is a six-year secondary school that includes grades seven through twelve with a total current enrollment of 687. The NJ Department of Education and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools have accredited grades nine through twelve, comprised of 479 students. Thirty-eight percent of students in grades nine through twelve are students from the neighboring Edgewater Park community. BCHS has served as the receiving district for the Edgewater Park School District, which educates students from kindergarten through eighth grade, for many years."〕 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2005" by the American Music Conference.〔(Best 100 (101!) Communities for Music Education in America, 2005 ), accessed December 12, 2006〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City of Burlington Public School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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