Jump to content

Long Beach Island Consolidated School District

Add links
Coordinates: 39°39′30″N 74°10′29″W / 39.658251°N 74.174793°W / 39.658251; -74.174793
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Alansohn (talk | contribs) at 23:32, 21 April 2011 (update administration details and sources). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Long Beach Island Consolidated School District
200 Barnegat Avenue
Surf City, NJ 08008
District information
SuperintendentRoger A. Caruba (interim)
Business administratorDr. Joseph Cappello (interim)
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment250 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty29.5
Student–teacher ratio8.5
Other information
Websitehttp://www.lbischools.org

The Long Beach Island Consolidated School District is a regional consolidated public school district which serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade from five communities bordering the Atlantic Ocean on Long Beach Island, in Ocean County, New Jersey. Communities served by the district are Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars, Long Beach Township, Ship Bottom and Surf City.[2]

The district's Board of education consists of a total of nine members. Three members are from Long Beach Township, two each from Ship Bottom and Surf City, and one each from Barnegat Light and Harvey Cedars.[3]

For grades 7 through 12, public school students from the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District attend the Southern Regional Middle School (grades 7 and 8) and Southern Regional High School (grades 9 - 12); Both schools are located in Manahawkin. These schools are part of the Southern Regional School District, which serves the five municipalities in the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District, along with students from Beach Haven and Stafford Township and from the sending district of Ocean Township (Waretown).[4]

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 250 students and 29.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.5.[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.[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7][8]

  • Roger A. Caruba, Interim Superintendent
  • Dr. Joseph Cappello, Interim Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Long Beach Island School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 17, 2011.
  2. ^ 2005 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, April 2005, p. 212.
  3. ^ Board of Education, Long Beach Island Consolidated School District. Accessed June 15, 2008.
  4. ^ Southern Regional High School 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 21, 2011. "Situated 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. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  6. ^ Data for the Long Beach Island School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 17, 2011.
  7. ^ Long Beach Island Board of Education, Long Beach Island Consolidated School District. Accessed April 21, 2011.
  8. ^ Ocean County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

39°39′30″N 74°10′29″W / 39.658251°N 74.174793°W / 39.658251; -74.174793

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long_Beach_Island_Consolidated_School_District&oldid=425247379"