Lacey Township School District

Lacey Township School District
Address
200 Western Boulevard
Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734
Coordinates 39°52′05″N 74°11′50″W / 39.868042°N 74.197226°W / 39.868042; -74.197226Coordinates: 39°52′05″N 74°11′50″W / 39.868042°N 74.197226°W / 39.868042; -74.197226
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Dr. Vanessa Clark
Business administrator Patrick S. DeGeorge
Schools 6
Students and staff
Enrollment 4,222 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Faculty 372.6 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 11.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website http://www.laceyschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,21031$18,891-8.9%
1Budgetary Cost12,9552214,783-12.4%
2Classroom Instruction8,112248,763-7.4%
6Support Services1,857232,392-22.4%
8Administrative Cost86111,485-42.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,612521,783-9.6%
13Extracurricular Activities3949726847.0%
16Median Teacher Salary57,3481364,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Lacey Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Lacey Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, along the state's Jersey Shore region.

As of the 2015-16 school year, the district and its six schools had an enrollment of 4,222 students and 372.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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]

The school district includes six schools. Cedar Creek School (CCS), Lanoka Harbor School (LHS) and Forked River School (FRS) serve grades K-4. Mill Pond serves grades 5-6. Lacey Township Middle School (LTMS) is an intermediate school for grades 7-8 and is located behind the high school. Lacey Township High School (LTHS) has served grades 9-12 since its creation in 1981.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2015-16 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5]

Elementary schools
  • Cedar Creek Elementary School[6] (K-4; 536 students)
    • Jacqueline Ranuska, Principal
  • Forked River Elementary School[7] (K-4; 448)
    • Eric P. Fiedler, Principal
  • Lanoka Harbor Elementary School[8] (K-4; 499)
    • Jeffrey Brewer, Principal
  • Mill Pond Elementary School[9] (5&6; 776)
    • Holly Neimiec, Principal
Middle school
  • Lacey Township Middle School[10] (7&8; 648)
    • Jason King, Principal
    • Ed Subokow, Assistant Principal
High school
  • Lacey Township High School[11] serves students in grades 9-12 (1,251). Its symbol is a lion's paw, for the "Lacey Lions."
    • Greg Brandis, Principal
    • Mark Angelo, Assistant Principal
    • Timothy Dowd, Assistant Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][13]

  • Dr. Vanessa Clark, Superintendent[14]
  • Patrick S. DeGeorge, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Lacey Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 30, 2018.
  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 March 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ School Data for the Lacey Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 30, 2018.
  5. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Lacey Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ Cedar Creek Elementary School, Lacey Township School District. Accessed September 30, 2018.
  7. ↑ Forked River Elementary School, Lacey Township School District. Accessed September 30, 2018.
  8. ↑ Lanoka Harbor Elementary School, Lacey Township School District. Accessed September 30, 2018.
  9. ↑ Mill Pond Elementary School, Lacey Township School District. Accessed September 30, 2018.
  10. ↑ Lacey Township Middle School, Lacey Township School District. Accessed September 30, 2018.
  11. ↑ Lacey Township High School, Lacey Township School District. Accessed September 30, 2018.
  12. ↑ Board of Education / Board Members, Lacey Township School District. Accessed September 30, 2018.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  14. ↑ Superintendent, Lacey Township School District. Accessed September 30, 2018.
  15. ↑ Business Administrator / Board Secretary, Lacey Township School District. Accessed September 30, 2018.
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