Island Heights School District

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, New Jersey, United States.

Island Heights School District
Address
115 Summit Avenue
Island Heights, NJ 08732
Coordinates39°57′N 74°09′W
District information
GradesK-6
SuperintendentTimothy Rehm
Business administratorFrank Frazee
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment122 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty12.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio9.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupGH
WebsiteDistrict website
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

As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 122 students and 12.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6:1.[1] In the 2016–17 school year, Island Heights had the 14th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 126 students.[3]

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.[4]

Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Central Regional School District, which serves students from Island Heights and from the municipalities of Berkeley Township, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park.[5] Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are Central Regional Middle School[7] for grades 7 and 8 (761 students) and Central Regional High School[8] for grades 9 - 12 (1,401 students).[9][10] 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.[11] Island Heights is allocated one of the board's nine seats.[12]

School
  • Island Heights Elementary School had an enrollment of 120 students as of the 2017-18 school year.[13]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14][15]

  • Timothy Rehm, Superintendent
  • Frank Frazee, Business Administrator
  • Lillian Brendel, Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education has seven members who set policy and oversee 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 either two or three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.[16][17]

References
  1. District information for Island Heights School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. 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"
  4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  5. 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."
  6. School Data for the Central Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  7. Central Regional Middle School, Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.
  8. Central Regional High School, Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.
  9. Our Schools, Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.
  10. New Jersey School Directory for the Central Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Central Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, June 30, 2018. Accessed February 24, 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."
  12. Board Members, Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.
  13. School Data for the Island Heights School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 21, 2020.
  14. Staff, Island Heights School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.
  15. New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  16. 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.
  17. Board of Education, Island Heights School District. Accessed February 24, 2020.
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