Ocean Township School District (Ocean County, New Jersey)

Ocean Township School District
64 Railroad Avenue
Waretown, NJ 08758
District information
Grades PreK-6
Superintendent Dr. Christopher Lommerin
Business administrator Steven Terhune
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 982 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 50.6 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 19.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website http://www.otsdk6.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-6
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,79839$18,891-0.5%
1Budgetary Cost16,3954613,64920.1%
2Classroom Instruction9,844418,36617.7%
6Support Services2,633422,16121.8%
8Administrative Cost1,515251,4673.3%
10Operations & Maintenance2,159521,55239.1%
13Extracurricular Activities973839148.7%
16Median Teacher Salary61,6724257,437
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 Ocean Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Ocean Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 982 students and 50.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 19.4:1.[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]

For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend the schools of the Southern Regional School District, which serves the five municipalities in the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District — Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars, Long Beach Township, Ship Bottom and Surf City — along with students from Beach Haven and Stafford Township, together with the students from Ocean Township who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[4] Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are Southern Regional Middle School[6] (grades 7 and 8; 937 students) and Southern Regional High School[7] (grades 9 – 12; 2,064 students).[8] Both schools are in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10][11]

  • Waretown Elementary School[12] with an enrollment of 304 students in pre-K to 3rd grade
    • Ariane Phillips, Principal
  • Frederic A. Priff Elementary School[13] with 240 students in grades 4 - 6
    • Dr. Christopher S. Lommerin, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14]

  • Dr. Christopher S. Lommerin, Superintendent[15]
  • Steven Terhune, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Ocean Township 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 September 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ Southern Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 2, 2016. "Located in Manahawkin, the Southern Regional School District draws from the constituent districts of Long Beach Township, Beach Haven, Surf City, Ship Bottom, Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars and Stafford Township, as well as the tuition sending district of Ocean Township (Waretown).
  5. ↑ School Data for the Southern Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ Southern Regional Middle School, Southern Regional School District. Accessed January 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ Southern Regional High School, Southern Regional School District. Accessed January 31, 2017.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Southern Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ School Data for the Ocean Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ Schools, Ocean Township School District. Accessed January 31, 2017.
  11. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Ocean Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. December 29, 2016.
  12. ↑ Waretown Elementary School, Ocean Township School District. Accessed January 31, 2017.
  13. ↑ Frederic A. Priff Elementary School, Ocean Township School District. Accessed January 31, 2017.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  15. ↑ Superintendent's Office, Ocean Township School District. Accessed January 31, 2017.

Coordinates: 39°47′20″N 74°12′02″W / 39.788817°N 74.200444°W / 39.788817; -74.200444

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