Ocean City School District

Ocean City School District
Superintendent: Dr. Kathleen W. Taylor
Business Administrator: Tom Grossi
Address: 501 Atlantic Avenue
Ocean City, NJ 08226
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 3
Enrollment: 2,108 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 206.8
Student–teacher ratio: 10.2
District Factor Group: DE
Web site: http://www.ocean.city.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $17,509 67 $13,632 28.4%
2 Classroom Instruction 11,191 68 8,035 39.3%
6 Support Services 2,409 63 2,166 11.2%
8 Administrative Cost 1,524 49 1,379 10.5%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,921 63 1,674 14.8%
13 Extracurricular Activities 443 53 258 71.7%
16 Median Teacher Salary 82,240 70 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,801-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=70

The Ocean City School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Ocean City, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.

Students from Corbin City, Sea Isle City and Upper Township attend Ocean City High School for grades 9-12 as part of sending/receiving relationships with their respective school districts.[3]

Merger discussions with the Sea Isle City School District in 2008 ended after the Ocean City district indicated that it did want to accept Sea Isle City's tenured teachers, which it would be required to do under state law. Sea Isle City currently spends $35,000 per student and hoped to see savings through the merger, even after adding in transportation costs.[4]

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 2,108 students and 206.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth 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.[5]

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:

Elementary Schools
High School

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Ocean City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 28, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Ocean City High School 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 28, 2010. "Ocean City High School is a comprehensive high school serving the communities of Ocean City, Upper Township, Sea Isle City, and Corbin City, with an enrollment of over 1,280 students. "
  4. ^ Editorial. Merging schools / Law makes it hard, The Press of Atlantic City, June 30, 2008. Accessed June 30, 2008.
  5. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  6. ^ Data for the Ocean City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 28, 2011.
  7. ^ Ocean City Board of Education, Ocean City School District. Accessed March 28, 2011.
  8. ^ Cape May County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

External links

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K-8
K-12
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