Neptune City School District

Neptune City School District
Address
210 West Sylvania Avenue
Neptune City, NJ 07753
United States
Coordinates Coordinates: 40°11′48″N 74°01′40″W / 40.196604°N 74.027779°W / 40.196604; -74.027779
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Dr. Debra Mercora
Business administrator Dr. Mars Mellish
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 373 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Faculty 33.3 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 11.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website http://neptunecityschool.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,5935$18,891-17.5%
1Budgetary Cost10,924614,159-22.8%
2Classroom Instruction6,92698,659-20.0%
6Support Services1,29842,167-40.1%
8Administrative Cost1,473181,547-4.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,05551,612-34.6%
13Extracurricular Activities1704110463.5%
16Median Teacher Salary49,640761,136
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 Neptune City School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Neptune City, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2015-16 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 373 students and 33.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1.[1]

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.[3]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Neptune High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Neptune Township Schools; in a study published in May 2015, the district looked at modifying its relationship with the Neptune Township district, considering leaving the agreement unchanged, adding students in grades 6-8 to the sending arrangement or a regionalization of the two districts.[4] As of the 2015-16 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,404 students and 101.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1.[5]

The district also provides students with the opportunities to attend other high schools, including the Monmouth County Vocational School District Academies which include: the Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST) located on Sandy Hook, High Technology High School located on the campus of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, the Academy of Allied Health & Science in Neptune Township and affiliated with the Jersey Shore University Medical Center, the Communications High School located on the property of Wall High School, and the new Biotechnology High School located in Freehold Township. Students also have the opportunity to attend the Performing Arts Program at Red Bank Regional High School for Performing Arts in Little Silver or the Academy of Information Technology and the Academy of Finance both located at the Red Bank Regional High School for Performing Arts.[6]

School

Woodrow Wilson School served 363 students in Kindergarten through eighth grade.[7] The school had 363 students as of the 2015-16 school year.[8]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9]

  • Dr. Debra Mercora, Chief School Administrator[10]
  • Dr. Mars Mellish, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Neptune City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 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 December 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ R & R Education Consulting, LLC. Neptune City Feasibility Study, Neptune City School District, May 2015. Accessed July 20, 2017. "The Neptune City Board of Education issued a request for proposals in the winter of 2014-15. That request sought consultant services for a study of the continued viability of the City’s K-8 structure, to include an exploration of the alternation of the sending-receiving relationship with the Neptune Township. Under the current agreement, Neptune City students in grades 9-12 attend the Neptune Township High School."
  5. ↑ School data for Neptune High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ 2014-2015 Budget Hearing Presentation, Neptune City School District. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  7. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Neptune City School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Neptune City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ Chief School Administrator, Neptune City School District. Accessed March 31, 2018.
  11. ↑ Business Administrator, Neptune City School District. Accessed March 31, 2018.
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