The Barnegat Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Barnegat Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 3,219 students and 252.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâ€"teacher ratio of 12.77:1.
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.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
- Cecil S. Collins Elementary School (361 students; in grades PreK-5)
- George Delaporte - Principal
- Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School (295; K-5)
- Josh Toddings - Principal
- Lillian M. Dunfee Elementary School (370; K-5)
- Katherine Makela - Principal
- Robert L. Horbelt Elementary School (422; K-5)
- Dr. Joseph Saxton - Principal
- Middle school
- Russell O. Brackman Middle School for grades 6-8 (764)
- John Fiorentino - Principal
- Barnegat High School for grades 9-12 (1,007)
- Stephen J. Nichol - Principal
Barnegat High School opened in September 2004 with a freshman class, adding a new class each subsequent year. The last group of students from Barnegat completed twelfth grade at Southern Regional High School in Stafford Township at the end of the 2006-07 school year through a now-ended sending/receiving relationship with the Southern Regional School District.
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
- Karen Wood, Superintendent
- Lourdes Laguardia, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
External links
- Barnegat Township School District
- Barnegat Township School District's 2015â€"16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Barnegat Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
