West Long Branch Public Schools
| West Long Branch Public Schools | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Karen M. Wood | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Herb Massa | ||||
| Address: | 135 Locust Avenue West Long Branch, NJ 07764 |
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| Grade Range: | K-8 | ||||
| School facilities: | 2 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 607 (as of 2009-10)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 57 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 10.65 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | FG | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.wlbschools.com | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-8 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $12,610 | 30 | $12,420 | 1.5% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 6,930 | 16 | 7,588 | -8.7% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,679 | 27 | 1,771 | -5.2% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,663 | 54 | 1,411 | 17.9% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,968 | 55 | 1,462 | 34.6% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 186 | 54 | 97 | 91.8% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 50,060 | 12 | 54,453 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64 |
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The West Long Branch Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from West Long Branch, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Students from Interlaken may attend public school in either the Asbury Park Public Schools or may attend the West Long Branch Public Schools for K-8 and Shore Regional High School for grades 9-12, as part of sending/receiving relationships with all of these districts in which students attend on a tuition basis.[3]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 607 students and 57 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.65.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth 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]
For ninth through twelfth grade, public school students attend Shore Regional High School, a regional high school that serves students from the constituent districts of Monmouth Beach, Sea Bright, Oceanport and West Long Branch.[5] The high school is part of the Shore Regional High School District.
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[edit] Schools
Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:
- Betty McElmon Elementary School, with 260 students in Kindergarten through third grade
- James J. Erhardt, Principal
- Frank Antonides School, with 344 students in fourth through eighth grade
- James J. Erhardt, Principal
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[7][8]
- Karen M. Wood, Superintendent
- Herb Massa, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the West Long Branch School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 16, 2011.
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ to Residents 8-1-11.pdf Letter to Interlaken Residents, Interlaken Board of Education, August 1, 2011. Accessed October 16, 2011. "The Interlaken Board of Education is pleased to announce an additional tuition-based, per-pupil, sending-receiving school option for our children. In addition to the choice to send your children to the Asbury Park Public Schools (K-12), residents now have the choice to attend West Long Branch Public Schools (K-8) and Shore Regional High School (9-12) pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This educational option will be effective September 1, 2011."
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ Shore Regional High School 2010 School Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 28, 2011. "Shore Regional High School is a comprehensive secondary school that proudly serves the communities of Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright, and West Long Branch. The ten-acre campus is situated on the banks of Franklin Lake in the borough of West Long Branch."
- ^ West Long Branch Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 16, 2011.
- ^ Administration, West Long Branch Public Schools. Accessed March 28, 2011.
- ^ Monmouth County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
[edit] External links
- West Long Branch Public Schools
- West Long Branch Public Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the West Long Branch Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- Shore Regional High School
Coordinates: 40°17′21″N 74°01′04″W / 40.289266°N 74.017785°W
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