On July 19, 2017, the New Jersey Commissioner of Education took action to consolidate the Elmer Borough Board of Education with the Pittsgrove Township Board of Education, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:8-43, et seq. Beginning in the 2017-2018 school year, both Pittsgrove Township and Elmer Borough are one unified school district—the Pittsgrove Township School District. Pittsgrove Township is a rural, agricultural community. It covers 45.42 square miles in Salem County and has a township population of approximately 9,400. Elmer Borough is a small town with over 1,350 residents and has a total area of just under one square mile. Together, Pittsgrove Township and Elmer Borough service about 1,800 students in grades Pre-K through 12.

The Pittsgrove Township School District is comprised of five schools: Norma Elementary School (Preschool Center), Elmer Elementary School (grades K-1), Olivet Elementary School (grades 2-4), the Pittsgrove Township Middle School (grades 5-8), and Arthur P. Schalick High School (grades 9- 12). Each of these five schools boasts their own unique strengths and attributes while sharing a common commitment to academic success and character education throughout the district. The District maintains a positive partnership with the parents/guardians and the community. We encourage our parents to visit the schools, communicate with our staff, review our curricula, and become personally involved in their child’s education. The District accepts School Choice students in grades K-12 (subject to available space). For the 2023-2024 school year, the Pittsgrove Township School District will offer a Tiered Lottery to assign seats to Choice students. Please note that siblings of current School Choice students are given priority to available seats.

Tiered Lottery: One or more grade levels are given priority in the lottery process. A separate lottery is held for each grade level that is designated a priority by the District. For example, all applicants for the same priority grade level are pooled together and names are randomly selected. Once available priority seats are filled and the waitlist is created, another lottery for the next priority grade level is held. Once all priority grade level lotteries have been held and waitlists are created, the remaining applications for the non-priority grade levels will be combined into a group lottery.

The purpose of the chart below is to inform parents of choice seat availability before the application deadline in early December. After the deadline, the information will be outdated.

The Department of Education limits the number of choice seats that each district can fill. The “maximum number of new choice students that can be enrolled” tells parents how many new choice students the district can enroll in the next school year. If more than the maximum number of applications is received, a lottery will be held and a waitlist will be developed. Waitlists will be developed for all approved choice grades even if no seats are currently available. NA indicates the district is not accepting choice applications for those grades.

Maximum Number of New Choice Students that can be Enrolled: 30
School Name: Name Elmer Elementary, Olivet Elementary, Pittsgrove Township Middle School, and Arthur P. Schalick