Bass River Township School District

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Bass River Township School District
Address
11 North Maple Avenue
New Gretna
, Burlington County , New Jersey , 08224
United States
Coordinates 39°35′32″N74°27′06″W / 39.59235°N 74.451691°W / 39.59235; -74.451691
District information
Grades PreK-6
SuperintendentSiobhan Grayson
Business administratorNicholas Brown
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment106 (as of 2018–19) [1]
Faculty12.8 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio8.3:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website Official website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-6
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$21,66852$18,89114.7%
1Budgetary Cost15,9274113,64916.7%
2Classroom Instruction9,358358,36611.9%
6Support Services2,787472,16129.0%
8Administrative Cost1,839441,46725.4%
10Operations & Maintenance1,835431,55218.2%
13Extracurricular Activities1073939174.4%
16Median Teacher Salary54,1191757,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

The Bass River Township School District is a non-operating public school district that serves students from Bass River Township, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3] [4] Starting with the 2020-21 school year, the district is non-operating and all students attend the schools of the Little Egg Harbor Township School District for K-6 and of the Pinelands Regional School District for grades 7-12. [5] [6]

Contents

Based on the results of a study performed by the Southern Regional Institute and Educational Technology Training Center of Stockton University, [7] and in the wake of declining enrollment and rising costs, the district decided to send all of its PreK-6 students to the Little Egg Harbor Township School District, starting in the 2020-21 school year. [8] The board of education will oversee what becomes a non-operating district. [9]

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 106 students and 12.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.3:1. [1] In the 2016–17 school year, Bass River had the 10th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 102 students. [10]

The district is 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. [11]

Students in seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Pinelands Regional School District, which also serves students from Eagleswood Township, Little Egg Harbor Township and Tuckerton Borough. [12] [13] [14] [15] Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [16] ) are Pinelands Regional Junior High School [17] with 811 students in grades 7-9 and Pinelands Regional High School [18] with 744 students in grades 10–12. [19] [20] [21] The district's board of education includes nine members directly elected by the residents of the constituent municipalities to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year. [22] Bass River Township is allocated one of the nine seats. [23]

Schools

Bass River Township Elementary School served 106 students in grades PreK-6 (as of the 2018–19 school year, per the National Center for Education Statistics [24] )

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [25] [26]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of five 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 one or two 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. [27] [5] [28]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Bass River Township Board Of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Bass River Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Bass River Township School District. Accessed June 23, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through six in the Bass River Township School District. Composition: The Bass River Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Bass River Township."
  4. ↑ Bass River Township School District 2015-16 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 23, 2020. "The Bass River Township School District is comprised of one elementary school which serves grades preschool through six. Students in grades seven through twelve attend Pinelands Regional School District."
  5. 1 2 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Bass River Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed March 28, 2024. "The School District is a Type II district located in the County of Burlington, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of five members appointed to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that two members’ terms expire in two years and one members term expires in the third. Beginning July 1, 2020, the School District converted to a non-operating district and entered into a send/receive relationship with the Little Egg Harbor School District. The School District sends all 105 of its students to other districts on a tuition basis."
  6. ↑ Public Schools Directory 2023–2024, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024. "The Bass River School District is now a non-operating school district. Students Pre-K to 6th grade attend the Little Egg Harbor School District. High school students attend the Pinelands Regional High School District."
  7. ↑ Bass River Township School District Feasibility Study, Stockton University. Accessed May 21, 2022.
  8. ↑ Lowe, Claire."Bass River Township students to attend Little Egg Harbor schools next year", The Press of Atlantic City ,April 6, 2020. Accessed May 22, 2022. "Students from Bass River Township will attend Little Egg Harbor Schools next year as financial and academic challenges have crippled the district’s ability to operate.... The decision to enter into an agreement with Little Egg Harbor Township was reached at a March 25 school board meeting and will go into effect on July 1. The formal agreement has yet to be a finalized.... The 45,299-square-foot building which houses the preschool through sixth grade has the capacity for 205 students, but enrollment is less than half that.... Bass River has been losing both enrollment and state aid over the last few years, and has made several reductions in staff, but it hasn’t been enough to keep up with rising costs."
  9. ↑ Home Page, Bass River Township School District. Accessed May 21, 2022. "Bass River and Little Egg Harbor agreed to a send / receive relationship and all Bass River elementary aged students attend Little Egg Harbor Schools. As a result, Bass River has become a non-operating school district and the Bass River Board of Education remains active."
  10. ↑ 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.... 10. Bass River Township; Enrollment: 102; Grades: Pre-K-6; County: Burlington; Town population: 1,443"
  11. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 6, 2014.
  12. ↑ Pinelands Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived August 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 23, 2020. "The Pinelands Regional School District is a regional school district located in southern Ocean County. The District consists of a Junior High School for grades 7-9 and a High School for grades 10-12. The communities of Bass River, Eagleswood, Little Egg Harbor, and Tuckerton are served by the District with approximately 1,700 students in grades 7-12."
  13. ↑ School Choice Archived March 15, 2020, at the Wayback Machine Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed June 23, 2020. "Pinelands Regional School District is comprised of a Junior High School and a High School. The District serves students in grades 7 through 12 living in the communities of: Bass River Township (Burlington County), Eagleswood Township, Little Egg Harbor Township, Tuckerton Borough"
  14. ↑ Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times , March 14, 2012. Accessed May 1, 2022. "Pinelands Regional - Serves: Serves: Bass River in Burlington County; Eagleswood, Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton in Ocean County"
  15. ↑ Greenfield, Bruce. "Ocean County Report On Consolidation and Regionalization" [ permanent dead link ], Report of the Executive County Superintendent, March 15, 2010. Accessed April 21, 2011. "Pinelands Regional - Eagleswood, Tuckerton, Bass River, Little Egg Harbor"
  16. ↑ School Data for the Pinelands Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  17. ↑ Junior High School Archived January 28, 2020, at the Wayback Machine , Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  18. ↑ Senior High School Archived March 2, 2020, at the Wayback Machine , Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  19. ↑ Contact Us Archived March 8, 2020, at the Wayback Machine , Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  20. ↑ Living & Learning in Ocean County - Public Schools Directory 2018-2019, Ocean County, New Jersey. Accessed June 23, 2020.
  21. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Pinelands Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  22. ↑ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Pinelands Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2013. Accessed June 23, 2020. "The Pinelands Regional School District is a Type II district located in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of 9 members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members' terms expire each year."
  23. ↑ Board of Education: About Us Archived March 6, 2020, at the Wayback Machine , Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed June 23, 2020. "The Board of Education is composed of nine citizens elected to serve terms of three years each. Representatives are elected on the basis of constituent population - one from Bass River Township, one from Eagleswood Township, six from Little Egg Harbor Township, and one from the Borough of Tuckerton."
  24. ↑ Bass River Township Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  25. ↑ School Staff, Bass River Township School District. Accessed January 18, 2017.
  26. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  27. ↑ 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.
  28. ↑ Board of Education, Bass River Township School District. Accessed May 21, 2024.
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