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Lacey Township School District

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Grades
  
K-12

Business administrator
  
James G. Savage, Jr.

Student-teacher ratio
  
13.05:1

Founded
  
2014

Schools
  
6

Superintendent
  
Sandra Brower

Enrollment
  
4,636 (as of 2011-12)

District Factor Group
  
DE

Number of students
  
4,636

Faculty
  
355.2

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.

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Map of Lacey Township School District, Lacey Township, NJ, USA

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 4,636 students and 355.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.05:1.

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.

The school district features six schools, four of them being elementary schools. Cedar Creek School (CCS), Lanoka Harbor School (LHS) and Forked River School (FRS) all contain grades K-4. Mill Pond is the fourth elementary school part of the district and holds graded 5-6. Lacey Township Middle School (LTMS) is an intermediate school that holds graded 7-8 and is located behind the high school. Lacey Township High School (LTHS) features grades 9-12 since its creation in 1981.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary schools
  • Cedar Creek Elementary School (K-4; 610 students)
  • Jackie Ranuska, principal
  • Forked River Elementary School (K-4; 536)
  • Eric Fiedler, principal
  • Lanoka Harbor Elementary School (K-4; 565)
  • Jeffrey Brewer, principal
  • Mill Pond Elementary School (5&6; 702)
  • Peter Kopack, principal
  • Middle school
  • Lacey Township Middle School (7&8; 738)
  • Jason King, principal
  • High school
  • Lacey Township High School serves students in grades 9-12 (1,485). Its symbol is a lion's paw, for the "Lacey Lions."
  • James Handschuch, principal
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Sandra Anthony, Superintendent
  • Vanessa Clark, Assistant Superintendent
  • James G. Savage, Jr., Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • Linda A. Downing, Board of Education President
  • Karl Ciao, District Supervisor of Information Technology
  • References

    Lacey Township School District Wikipedia