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Folsom

New Jersey, United States · North America

About Folsom

Folsom sits on the route: 10 minutes from Hammonton, 47km from Independence Hall, Philadelphia.

Folsom is in New Jersey, United States, with about 1,900 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Hammonton, about 5 km away.

Folsom Borough School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Folsom, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at Folsom Elementary School, having been

Read more approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first 10 districts statewide to participate in the program, which allows non-resident students to attend school in the district at no cost to their parents, with tuition covered by the resident district. Available slots are announced annually by grade. As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 384 students and 41.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1. The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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. For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Hammonton High School, in Hammonton as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hammonton Public Schools, alongside students from Waterford Township, who attend for grades 7-12 as part of an agreement with the Waterford Township School District. As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,357 students and 92.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.7:1.

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Within an hour or so of Folsom: Independence Hall, Philadelphia (47 km), Liberty Bell (47 km), Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum (47 km).

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Folsom is in New Jersey, United States, about 5 km from Hammonton.

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Quick Information

Population
1,851
Continent
North America
Country
United States
Region
New Jersey
Timezone
America/New_York
Coordinates
39.6021, -74.8427

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Worth the detour from Folsom

3 notable places within an hour's drive.

landmark

Independence Hall, Philadelphia

The birthplace of American democracy where the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were debated and adopted.

47 km · about 55 min drive

landmark

Liberty Bell

Iconic cracked bell in Philadelphia that rang to mark the reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

47 km · about 55 min drive

museum

Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum

One of the world's greatest collections of racing sports cars, with rare vehicles that actually compete in demonstration days.

47 km · about 55 min drive

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