Fair Haven Public Schools

Fair Haven Public Schools
Address
224 Hance Road Fair Haven , Monmouth County , New Jersey , 07704 United States
Coordinates	40°21′35″N74°02′14″W / 40.359702°N 74.037091°W / 40.359702; -74.037091
District information
Grades	PreK to 8
Superintendent	Sean McNeil
Business administrator	Frank Gripp
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	964 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty	105.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.2:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	www.fairhaven.edu
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $14,581 9 $18,891 −22.8% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,196 16 14,159 −13.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,652 17 8,659 −11.6% 6 Support Services 1,772 19 2,167 −18.2% 8 Administrative Cost 1,155 5 1,547 −25.3% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,559 45 1,612 −3.3% 13 Extracurricular Activities 59 15 104 −43.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 53,682 9 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Fair Haven Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Fair Haven, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^[3]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 964 students and 105.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.2:1. ^[1]

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. ^[4]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, together with students from Rumson, where the school is located. ^{[5] [6] [7]} As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 876 students and 83.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1. ^[8] In 2016, Newsweek ranked RFH the 144th best high school in the United States. ^[9]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[10] ) are: ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

• Viola L. Sickles School ^[15] with 452 students in grades PreK–3
  • Marilyn Schwartz, principal ^[16]
• Knollwood School ^[17] with 504 students in grades 4–8
  • Amy Romano, principal ^[16]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[16] [18]}

• Sean McNeil, superintendent
• Frank Gripp, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine 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 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. ^{[19] [20] [21]}

References

1. District information for Fair Haven 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. Fair Haven Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Fair Haven Public Schools. Accessed December 5, 2024. "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 eight in the Fair Haven School District. Composition: The Fair Haven School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Fair Haven."
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2009.
5. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School. Accessed April 30, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional School District. Composition: The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Rumson and the Borough of Fair Haven."
6. District Archived 2017-01-05 at the Wayback Machine , Fair Haven Public Schools. Accessed July 14, 2014. "Upon eighth grade graduation, Fair Haven students attend Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School for grades 9-12."
7. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 2, 2016. "The boroughs of Rumson and Fair Haven are residential communities zoned principally for single family dwellings. These adjacent communities are located in Northern Monmouth County, within forty miles of New York City and within a mile of the Atlantic Ocean."
8. School data for Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
9. "Rumson-Fair Haven Ranks 144th on Newsweek's Top Public High Schools List For 2016". Rumson-Fair Haven, NJ Patch. August 11, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
10. School Data for the Fair Haven Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
11. Schools, Fair Haven Public Schools. Accessed April 30, 2020.
12. County School List E-G, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed December 1, 2024.
13. New Jersey School Directory for the Fair Haven Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
14. School Performance Reports for the Fair Haven School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
15. Viola L. Sickles School, Fair Haven Public Schools. Accessed December 5, 2024.
16. Administration, Fair Haven School District. Accessed December 5, 2024.
17. Knollwood School, Fair Haven Public Schools. Accessed December 5, 2024.
18. New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
19. 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.
20. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Fair Haven School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 11, 2024. "The Fair Haven 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 nine members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades K-8."
21. Board of Education Members, Fair Haven Public Schools. Accessed December 5, 2024.

External links

• Fair Haven Public Schools
• School Performance Reports for the Fair Haven Public Schools , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Fair Haven Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District