Long Beach Island Consolidated School District facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Long Beach Island Consolidated School District |
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| 200 Barnegat Avenue Surf City, NJ 08008 |
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| Grades | PreK-6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Dr. Peter J. Kopack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Christine Kelly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 234 (as of 2017-18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 33.1 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student-teacher ratio | 7.1:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | FG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.lbischools.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Long Beach Island Consolidated School District is a regional consolidated public school district which serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from five communities bordering the Atlantic Ocean on Long Beach Island, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. Communities served by the district are Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars, Long Beach Township, Ship Bottom and Surf City.
As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 234 students and 33.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.1:1.
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.
As part of an effort to reduce costs associated with multiple aging facilities, the district announced in 2016 that it was considering closing the Long Beach Island Grade School and consolidating all students at Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School. The plan would require a $16 million bond to cover the costs of expanding and upgrading Jacobsen School to add two new wings, which would add about $50 per year in property taxes for the average homeowner, excluding any contribution from state aid or revenue from the sale of the old building.
Students in public school for seventh through twelfth grades attend the Southern Regional School District, which serves the five municipalities in the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District, along with students from Beach Haven and Stafford Township, as well as students from Ocean Township (including its Waretown section) who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship. Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Southern Regional Middle School with 944 students in grades 7–8 and Southern Regional High School with 1,941 students in grades 9–12. Both schools are in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
- Ethel Jacobsen School in Surf City with 111 students in pre-kindergarten to second grade
- Frank Birney, Principal
- Long Beach Island Grade School in Ship Bottom with 125 students in grades 3 – 6
- Dr. Peter J. Kopack, Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
- Dr. Peter J. Kopack, Superintendent
- Christine Kelly, School Business Administrator / Board Secretary
The board of education is made of nine members who are directly elected from the constituent municipalities on a staggered basis, with three members elected each year. Of the nine seats, four are allocated to Long Beach Township and two to Surf City, with the other three constituent municipalities each allocated one seat.
