Highlands School District

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Highlands School District
Superintendent:Dr. Susan Compton, Tri-District Superintendent
Business Administrator:Christopher Mullins
Address:360 Navesink Avenue
Highlands, NJ 07732
Grade Range:K-6
School facilities:1
Enrollment:167 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs):19.1
Student–teacher ratio:8.7
District Factor Group:CD
Web site:District web site
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-6
Average
%± vs.
Average
1Budgetary Cost19,0015712,19555.8%
2Classroom Instruction10,819567,36646.9%
6Support Services4,181601,832128.2%
8Administrative Cost1,661521,38919.6%
10Operations & Maintenance2,274541,47254.5%
13Extracurricular Activities52284030.0%
16Median Teacher Salary50,8852652,691
Data from NJDoE 2009 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=62

The Highlands School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade in Highlands, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 167 students and 19.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.7.[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.[3]

For grades 7-12, students attend Henry Hudson Regional High School, a comprehensive six-year high school and regional public school district that serves students from both Atlantic Highlands and Highlands.[4] The district served a total enrollment of 437 students in the 2008-09 school year.[5]

School

Highlands Elementary School had an enrollment of 167 students in the 2008-09 school year.[6]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Dr. Susan Compton, Tri-District Superintendent
  • Christopher Mullins, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 District information for the Highlands Borough School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 2, 2011.
  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 October 27, 2009.
  4. About Henry Hudson, Henry Hudson Regional High School. Accessed May 21, 2008. "This school district serves the towns of Atlantic Highlands and Highlands and students in grades seven through twelve."
  5. Henry Hudson Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 2, 2011.
  6. Data for Highlands School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 2, 2011.
  7. Business Office, Highlands School District. Accessed March 2, 2011.

External links

Coordinates: 40°24′13″N 74°00′32″W / 40.403658°N 74.008835°W / 40.403658; -74.008835

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