West Long Branch Public Schools
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135 Locust Avenue West Long Branch, NJ 07764 |
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Grades | K-8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Thomas G. Farrell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Dennis Kotch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enrollment | 592 (as of 2011-12)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 57.0 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student-teacher ratio | 10.39:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District Factor Group | FG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | http://www.wlbschools.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 592 students and 57.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.39:1.[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 grades, public school students attend Shore Regional High School, a regional high school located in West Long Branch that serves students from the constituent districts of Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright and West Long Branch.[5][6] The high school is part of the Shore Regional High School District.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9]
- Betty McElmon Elementary School[10] with 237 students in pre-Kindergarten through third grade
- James J. Erhardt, Principal
- Frank Antonides School[11] with 355 students in fourth through eighth grade
- Jessica Shaw, Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[12][13]
- Thomas G. Farrell, Superintendent
- Dennis Kotch, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for West Long Branch School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 2, 2014.
- ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ↑ 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 November 1, 2014.
- ↑ Shore Regional High School District 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 23, 2015. "Shore Regional High School, located in West Long Branch, Monmouth County New Jersey, is a comprehensive secondary school that proudly serves the communities of Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright, and West Long Branch."
- ↑ Walter, Kenny. "SRHS $15.7M budget calls for flat tax levy; School taxes decrease for three of four sending towns", The Hub, April 4, 2013. Accessed November 1, 2014. "Three of the four sending districts that comprise the Shore Regional High School District — Oceanport, Monmouth Beach and West Long Branch — will pay less in taxes for the 2013-14 school year. Taxes will increase, however, for property owners in Sea Bright, which will pay a higher percentage of the regional school budget."
- ↑ School Data for the West Long Branch Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2014.
- ↑ Building Directory, West Long Branch Public Schools. Accessed November 1, 2014.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the West Long Branch Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 1, 2014.
- ↑ Betty McElmon Elementary School, West Long Branch School District. Accessed November 1, 2014.
- ↑ Frank Antonides School, West Long Branch School District. Accessed November 1, 2014.
- ↑ Administration, West Long Branch Public Schools. Accessed November 1, 2014.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 1, 2014.
External links
- West Long Branch Public Schools
- West Long Branch Public Schools's 2012–13 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the West Long Branch Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- Shore Regional High School
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