CNB Archives posted Friday, November 20, 2009
By William E. Cleary Sr.
NJ HAS THE POOREST SCHOOL DISTRICTS-New Jersey annually ranks at or near the top among the states in household income. But it has some of poorest school districts in the country, according to the Press of Atlantic City (November 19, 2009 edition www.pressofatlanticcity.com).
In terms of the percentage of Camden County children, Camden City comes in first out of 37 communities with 32 percent of the 18,551 school children between age 5-17 living in poverty or 6,024; Woodlynne is second with 23 percent of the 627 children age 5-17 in poverty or 144 children; and Gloucester City is third with 19 percent of 2,106 children age 5-17 or 395 children.
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