Avon School District (New Jersey)

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Avon School District
Address
505 Lincoln Avenue
Avon-by-the-Sea
, Monmouth County , New Jersey , 07717
United States
Coordinates 40°11′26″N74°01′14″W / 40.19055°N 74.020629°W / 40.19055; -74.020629
District information
Grades PreK-8
SuperintendentMichael-John Herits
Business administratorAmy Lerner
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment121 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty17.9 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio6.8:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website www.avonschool.com
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,95744$18,8915.6%
1Budgetary Cost16,7164914,15918.1%
2Classroom Instruction9,070348,6594.7%
6Support Services3,941622,16781.9%
8Administrative Cost1,34581,547−13.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,892451,61217.4%
13Extracurricular Activities31659104203.8%
16Median Teacher Salary51,3401061,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Avon School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Avon-by-the-Sea, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 121 students and 17.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.8:1. [1] During the 2016–17 school year, Avon was tied with the 23rd smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 158 students. [7]

The district is 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. [8]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend either Asbury Park High School or Manasquan High School, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective districts, based on the results of a lottery under which 62.5% of students are sent to Manasquan and 37.5% to Asbury Park. [9] [10] [11] [12] As of the 2022–23 school year, Asbury Park High School had an enrollment of 607 students and 50.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1, [13]

The Manasquan school also serves students from Belmar, Brielle, Lake Como, Sea Girt, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships with their respective districts. [14] [15] As of the 2022–23 school year, Manasquan High School had an enrollment of 948 students and 82.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1. [16]

Students may also apply to academy schools in the Monmouth County Vocational School District, which include the Academy of Allied Health & Science, Biotechnology High School, High Technology High School, Marine Academy of Science and Technology and Communications High School. [17] Students also have the option to attend Academy Charter High School in Lake Como, which accepts students on a lottery basis from the communities of Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken and Lake Como. [18] [19]

School

Avon Elementary School serves students in grades PreK–8 and had an enrollment of 116 students during the 2022–23 school year. [20]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [21] [22]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of seven 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 either two or 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. [24] [25]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Avon Boro School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Avon Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Avon School District, updated November 2005. Accessed December 9, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Avon School District. Composition: The Avon School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Avon."
  4. ↑ County School list A-D, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed June 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Avon Boro School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ School Performance Reports for the Avon Boro School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  7. ↑ Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 23. Avon Borough (tie); Enrollment: 146; Grades: K-8; County: Monmouth; Town population: 1,901"
  8. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ High School Lottery Information, Avon School District. Accessed July 10, 2022. "The Avon-by-the-Sea School District is part of a dual send-receive (Sending District) relationship with both Manasquan High School and Asbury Park High School. Each year, a high school assignment lottery is conducted for all resident students to determine their high school assignment."
  10. ↑ Avon Board of Education District Policy 5411 High School Assignment, Avon School District, updated November 2004. Accessed December 9, 2024. "The Superintendent of Schools shall determine the number of eighth grade students to be assigned to each receiving high school by apportioning 37.5% of those pupils to Asbury Park High School and 62.5% to Manasquan High School. Pupils shall have the right to choose to attend either high school based upon a random form of selection made on a lottery basis."
  11. ↑ Boyd, Alesha Williams. "School districts likely to see overhaul", Asbury Park Press , January 18, 2009. Accessed October 2, 2013. "But Avon Board of Education President John Magrini said he expects that taxpayers in smaller districts would not benefit from regionalization. The 155 students in his K-8 district are sent to Manasquan and Asbury Park high schools through a lottery process after graduating from the elementary district."
  12. ↑ Vellucci, Justin, "Judge to review Avon's school sending policy Hearings could be 4 to 6 months away", Asbury Park Press , July 23, 2004. Accessed October 2, 2013. "Under a policy approved in May, 62.5 percent of Avon high school students will be assigned to go to Manasquan this fall, while 37.5 percent will go to Asbury Park."
  13. ↑ School data for Asbury Park High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  14. ↑ Manasquan Public Schools 2016-17 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 15, 2018. "Students from the communities of Avon, Belmar, Brielle, Lake Como, Manasquan, Sea Girt, Spring Lake, and Spring Lake Heights attended MHS in 2016-2017, amassing an enrollment of 960 students. There were 260 students in the senior class, as well as 256 juniors, 220 sophomores, and 224 freshmen."
  15. ↑ Sending Districts, Manasquan Public Schools. Accessed December 9, 2024. " Manasquan High School receives students from seven different districts: Avon, Brielle, Belmar, Lake Como, Sea Girt, Spring Lake, and Spring Lake Heights."
  16. ↑ School data for Manasquan High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  17. ↑ About, Monmouth County Vocational School District. Accessed December 9, 2024.
  18. ↑ About Us, Academy Charter High School. Accessed December 9, 2024. "Academy Charter High School is a free public high school for residents of Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken, and Lake Como."
  19. ↑ Mullen, Shannon; Shields, Nancy; and Matheson, Kathy. "Crime, school solutions costly as city seeks rebirth; High school improving, but not enough, many say", Asbury Park Press , January 27, 2005. Accessed October 3, 2013. "It was the day of the charter school's annual lottery, when names of applicants are drawn at random to fill the last remaining slots in next fall's freshman class. Academy Charter, now in its seventh year, is free to students in Asbury Park and the seven nearby towns that are sending districts for Asbury Park High School: Allenhurst, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken and Lake Como, formerly South Belmar."
  20. ↑ School Data for the Avon School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  21. ↑ Board Members, Avon Elementary School. Accessed December 9, 2024.
  22. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  23. ↑ Business Administrator, Avon Elementary School. Accessed December 9, 2024.
  24. ↑ 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.
  25. ↑ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Avon-by-the-Sea School District, New Jersey Department of Education, year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed March 27, 2024. "The Avon-By-The-Sea School District is a Type II district located in the County of Monmouth, State of New Jersey. As a Type II District, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The board is comprised of seven members elected to three year-terms. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades K-8."
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