Point Pleasant School District

Point Pleasant School District
2100 Panther Path Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
District information
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Vincent S. Smith
Business administrator	Steven W. Corso
Schools	4
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,966 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty	227.4 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio	13.04:1
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.pointpleasant.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District Spending Rank (*) K-12 Average %± vs. Average 1A Total Spending $14,705 3 $18,891 -22.2% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,118 8 14,783 -18.0% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,053 8 8,763 -19.5% 6 Support Services 1,890 19 2,392 -21.0% 8 Administrative Cost 1,351 15 1,485 -9.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,385 16 1,783 -22.3% 13 Extracurricular Activities 383 34 268 42.9% 16 Median Teacher Salary 60,513 20 64,043 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 Point Pleasant School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Point Pleasant, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 2,1116 students and 227.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.04:1.^[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.^[3]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[4]) are:^[5][6]

Elementary schools

• Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School^[7] (733 students; grades PreK-5)
• Ocean Road School^[8] (549; K-5)

Middle school

• Memorial Middle School^[9] for grades 6-8 (720)

High school

• Point Pleasant Borough High School^[10] for grades 9-12 (864)

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[11][12]

• Vincent S. Smith, Superintendent
• Steven W. Corso, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

1. District information for Point Pleasant School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 25, 2015.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 25, 2015.
4. School Data for the Point Pleasant School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 25, 2015.
5. Schools, Point Pleasant Borough Schools. Accessed January 25, 2015.
6. New Jersey School Directory for the Point Pleasant Borough Board of Education, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 25, 2015.
7. Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School, Point Pleasant Borough Schools. Accessed January 25, 2015.
8. Ocean Road School, Point Pleasant Borough Schools. Accessed January 25, 2015.
9. Memorial Middle School, Point Pleasant Borough Schools. Accessed January 25, 2015.
10. Point Pleasant Borough High School, Point Pleasant Borough Schools. Accessed January 25, 2015.
11. Central Administration Directory, Point Pleasant Borough Schools. Accessed January 25, 2015.
12. New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 25, 2015.

External links

• Point Pleasant School District
• Point Pleasant School District's 2012–13 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Point Pleasant School District, National Center for Education Statistics

Coordinates: 40°04′43″N 74°04′09″W / 40.078563°N 74.06926°W