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Ocean Township School District (Ocean County, New Jersey)

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Grades
  
PreK-6

Enrollment
  
982 (as of 2014-15)

District Factor Group
  
CD

Schools
  
2

Business administrator
  
Steven Terhune

Student-teacher ratio
  
19.4:1

Number of students
  
982 (2014–2015)

Faculty
  
50.6

Superintendent
  
Dr. Christopher Lommerin

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.

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Map of Ocean Township School District, Ocean Twp, NJ, USA

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.

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.

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. Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Southern Regional Middle School (grades 7 and 8; 937 students) and Southern Regional High School (grades 9 – 12; 2,064 students). 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) are:

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

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Dr. Christopher S. Lommerin, Superintendent
  • Steven Terhune, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Ocean Township School District (Ocean County, New Jersey) Wikipedia