Manchester Township School District

Manchester Township School District
121 Route 539
Whiting, NJ 08759
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent David Trethaway
Business administrator Craig Lorentzen
Schools 6
Students and staff
Enrollment 3,195 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 272.8 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 11.71:1
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website http://www.manchestertwp.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$18,72747$18,891-0.9%
1Budgetary Cost14,1524114,783-4.3%
2Classroom Instruction8,571498,763-2.2%
6Support Services1,987282,392-16.9%
8Administrative Cost1,320141,485-11.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,702411,783-4.5%
13Extracurricular Activities3622726835.1%
16Median Teacher Salary59,6791964,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Manchester Township School District is a comprehensive community school district serving students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade in Manchester Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.

The Manchester Township School District is also the receiving district for approximately 160 high school students from neighboring Lakehurst Borough, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Lakehurst School District.[3]

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 3,195 students and 272.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.71:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest 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]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:[6]

Elementary schools (K-5)
Middle school (6-8)
High school (9-12)
Other

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Manchester Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ About Our District, Manchester Township School District. Accessed August 14, 2014. "We are also the receiving district for approximately 180 high school students from neighboring Lakehurst Borough."
  4. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ School Data for the Manchester Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 14, 2014.
  6. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Manchester Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ Manchester Township Elementary School, Manchester Township School District. Accessed August 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ Ridgeway Elementary School, Manchester Township School District. Accessed August 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ Whiting Elementary School, Manchester Township School District. Accessed August 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ Manchester Township Middle School, Manchester Township School District. Accessed August 14, 2014.
  11. ↑ Manchester Township High School, Manchester Township School District. Accessed August 14, 2014.
  12. ↑ Regional Day School, Manchester Township School District. Accessed August 14, 2014.
  13. ↑ Board of Education Information, Manchester Township School District. Accessed August 14, 2014.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 14, 2014.

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Coordinates: 39°57′26″N 74°23′26″W / 39.957296°N 74.390669°W / 39.957296; -74.390669

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