Avon School District (New Jersey)

Avon School District
505 Lincoln Avenue
Avon, NJ 07717
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Christopher Albrizio
Business administrator Amy Lerner
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 174 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 14.5 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 12.0:1[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 Kindergarten through eighth grade from Avon-by-the-Sea, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 174 students and 14.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.[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.[3]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend either Asbury Park High School or Manasquan High School, as part of a 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.[4][5][6]

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.[7][8] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,012 students and 67.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.9:1.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11][12]

School

Avon Elementary School serves students in grades K-8.[13] The school had an enrollment of 153 students during the 2014-15 school year.[14]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15][16]

  • Christopher Albrizio, Superintendent / Principal[17]
  • Amy Lerner, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Avon Boro School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ Policy 5411 High School Assignment, Avon Board of Education. Accessed October 20, 2014. "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."
  5. ↑ 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."
  6. ↑ 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."
  7. ↑ Manasquan Public Schools 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 23, 2017. "Manasquan High School receives students from seven sending districts; Avon, Belmar, Brielle, Lake Como, Sea Girt, Spring Lake, and Spring Lake Heights, as well as our Manasquan Elementary School students."
  8. ↑ Sending Districts, Manasquan Public Schools. Accessed May 29, 2016. "Manasquan High School receives students from seven different districts; Avon, Brielle, Belmar, Lake Como, Sea Girt, Spring Lake, and Spring Lake Heights. Including our Manasquan students, the high school population is just under one thousand students."
  9. ↑ School data for Manasquan High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  10. ↑ About, Monmouth County Vocational School District. Accessed October 3, 2013.
  11. ↑ About Us, Academy Charter High School. Accessed October 3, 2013. "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."
  12. ↑ 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."
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Avon Boro School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  14. ↑ School Data for the Avon School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  15. ↑ Board Members, Avon Elementary School. Accessed August 23, 2017.
  16. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  17. ↑ Superintendent / Principal, Avon School District. Accessed August 23, 2017.
  18. ↑ Business Administrator, Avon Elementary School. Accessed August 23, 2017.

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