Island Heights School District

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Island Heights School District
Address
115 Summit Avenue
Island Heights
, Ocean County , New Jersey , 08732
Coordinates 39°57′N74°09′W / 39.950°N 74.150°W / 39.950; -74.150
District information
Grades K-6
SuperintendentTimothy Rehm
Business administratorFrank Frazee
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment129 (as of 2018–19) [1]
Faculty13.2 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio9.8:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website www.islandheights.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-6
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,82431$18,891−5.6%
1Budgetary Cost15,0383513,64910.2%
2Classroom Instruction9,566378,36614.3%
6Support Services1,41252,161−34.7%
8Administrative Cost1,845471,46725.8%
10Operations & Maintenance2,110501,55236.0%
13Extracurricular Activities863639120.5%
16Median Teacher Salary51,756857,437
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 Island Heights School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade from Island Heights in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3]

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As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 129 students and 13.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.8:1. [1] In the 2016–17 school year, Island Heights had the 14th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 126 students. [4]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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. [5]

Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Central Regional School District, which also serves students from the municipalities of Berkeley Township, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park. [6] As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 2,272 students and 162.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1. [7] Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [8] ) are Central Regional Middle School [9] with 769 students in grades 7 - 8 and Central Regional High School [10] with 1,483 students in grades 9 - 12. [11] [12] The district's board of education consists of nine members, who are directly elected by the residents of the constituent municipalities to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year. [13] Island Heights is allocated one of the board's nine seats. [14]

Awards and recognition

Island Heights Elementary School was one of nine schools in New Jersey honored in 2020 by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, which recognizes high student achievement. [15] [16]

School

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [18] [19]

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. [20] [21] [22]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Island Heights School District, 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. ↑ Public Schools Directory 2019-2020; Living & Learning in Ocean County, Ocean County, New Jersey. Accessed July 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ 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.... 14. Island Heights Borough Enrollment: 126 Grades: K-6 County: Ocean"
  5. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ Central Regional School District 2016 School Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 14, 2017. "The Central Regional School District is located in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township and draws from the constituent districts of Berkeley Township, Island Heights, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights, and Seaside Park."
  7. ↑ District information for Central Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Central Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  9. ↑ Central Regional Middle School, Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.
  10. ↑ Central Regional High School, Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.
  11. ↑ Our Schools, Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Central Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  13. ↑ Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Central Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, June 30, 2019. Accessed July 23, 2020. "The 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 nine members appointed to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members’ terms expire each year. The District provides a full range of educational services appropriate to junior and senior high schools for students of the Boroughs of Island Heights, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights, Seaside Park and the Township of Berkeley, Ocean County, New Jersey."
  14. ↑ Board Members, Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.
  15. ↑ 2020 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Non-Public Schools, National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed September 27, 2020.
  16. ↑ Clark, Adam. "9 N.J. schools just won a huge national honor", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 24, 2020. Accessed September 27, 2020. "Nine New Jersey public schools have been awarded the national Blue Ribbon designation, one of the highest honors in education. The schools were recognized Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education for high student achievement."
  17. ↑ School Data for the Island Heights School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  18. ↑ Staff, Island Heights School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.
  19. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. ↑ Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Island Heights School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed July 23, 2020. "The Board is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District."
  22. ↑ Board of Education, Island Heights School District. Accessed July 23, 2020.
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