Beach Haven School District

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Beach Haven School District
Address
700 South Beach Avenue
Beach Haven
, Ocean County , New Jersey , 08008
United States
Coordinates 39°33′29″N74°14′31″W / 39.558192°N 74.242015°W / 39.558192; -74.242015
District information
Grades PreK to 6
SuperintendentTheodore Loeffler
Business administratorSteve Terhune
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment73 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty11.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio6.6:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website www.beachhavenschool.com
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-6
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$26,02757$18,89137.8%
1Budgetary Cost21,2345613,64955.6%
2Classroom Instruction13,059598,36656.1%
6Support Services2,569412,16118.9%
8Administrative Cost1,847501,46725.9%
10Operations & Maintenance3,440581,552121.6%
13Extracurricular Activities63293961.5%
16Median Teacher Salary47,829457,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

The Beach Haven School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Beach Haven, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 73 students and 11.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.6:1. [1] In the 2016–17 school year, Beach Haven had the 3rd-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 70 students. [7]

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. [8]

For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend 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, as well as the sending district of Ocean Township. [9] [10] Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [11] ) are Southern Regional Middle School [12] with 905 students in grades 7–8 and Southern Regional High School [13] with 1,845 students in grades 9–12. [14] [15] Both schools are in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township.

School

Beach Haven Elementary School, the district's lone school, served 52 students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as of the 2018–19 school year. [16]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [17] [18]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of five members, sets policy and oversees 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 one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. [20] [21] [22]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Beach Haven School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Beach Haven Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Beach Haven School District. Accessed February 26, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through six in the Beach Haven Elementary School District. Composition: The Beach Haven Elementary School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Beach Haven."
  4. ↑ Public Schools Directory 2023-2024; Living & Learning in Ocean County, Ocean County, New Jersey. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  5. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Beach Haven School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ School Performance Reports for the Beach Haven School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  7. ↑ 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.... 3. Beach Haven Borough; Enrollment: 70; Grades: Pre-K-6; County: Ocean; Town population: 1,170"
  8. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 6, 2014.
  9. ↑ Southern Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 24, 2020. "Located 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).
  10. ↑ About Us, Southern Regional School District. Accessed June 24, 2020. "Our school is a 7-12 comprehensive regional high school district. Our middle school covers grades 7-8 and our high school covers grades 9-12. The district is comprised of the constituent members of Stafford Township, Beach Haven, Long Beach Township, (which includes the municipalities of Loveladies, North Beach, High Bar Harbor and Brant Beach and Long Beach Township) Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars, Ship Bottom, and Surf City. Waretown is our sending district. The current districts population is approximately 3,100 students with 2,100 students in grades 9-12."
  11. ↑ School Data for the Southern Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  12. ↑ Southern Regional Middle School, Southern Regional School District. Accessed February 26, 2024.
  13. ↑ Southern Regional High School, Southern Regional School District. Accessed February 26, 2024.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Southern Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  15. ↑ School Performance Reports for the Shore Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  16. ↑ School Data for the Beach Haven Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  17. ↑ Staff Listing, Beach Haven School District. Accessed February 26, 2024.
  18. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  19. ↑ Board of Education Meetings Schedule, Beach Haven School District. Accessed February 26, 2024.
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. ↑ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Beach Haven School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed February 26, 2024. "The Board is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A Superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District."
  22. ↑ Board Members, Beach Haven School District. Accessed February 26, 2024
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