Eagleswood Township School District Explained
The Eagleswood Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Eagleswood Township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] [2] [3] [4]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 143 students and 16.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.6:1.[5] In the 2016–17 school year, Eagleswood had the 20th smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 141 students.[6]
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 highest socioeconomic status to lowest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[7]
Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Pinelands Regional School District, which also serves students from Bass River Township, Little Egg Harbor Township and Tuckerton Borough.[8] [9] [10] [11] Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[12]) are Pinelands Regional Junior High School[13] with 520 students in grades 7-8 and Pinelands Regional High School[14] with 1,069 students in grades 9-12.[15] [16] [17] The district's board of education is composed of nine members directly elected by the residents of the constituent municipalities to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year.[18] Eagleswood Township is allocated one of the nine seats.[19]
School
The Eagleswood Township Elementary School had an enrollment of 143 students in grades PreK-6 in the 2022–23 school year.[20]
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[21] [22]
- Heather Wawrzyniak, superintendent and principal[23]
- Micah Bender, business administrator[24]
Board of education
The district's board of education, composed of five members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.[25] [26] [27]
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=339311fea43a4d6f8f7e87dbb7fedc10 Eagleswood Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
- https://www.co.ocean.nj.us//WebContentFiles//d45de12b-013b-4f0e-9862-ba1738325d1e.pdf#page=28 Public Schools Directory 2023-2024; Living & Learning in Ocean County
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/29/1150 School Performance Reports for the Eagleswood Township School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1150 New Jersey School Directory for the Eagleswood Township School District
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404050&DistrictID=3404050 District information for Eagleswood Township School District
- Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 20. Eagleswood Township; Enrollment: 141; Grades: Pre-K-6; County: Ocean; Town population: 1,603"
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/29/4105/000.html Pinelands Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative
- https://www.pinelandsregional.org/school-choice School Choice
- Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed February 1, 2024. "Pinelands Regional - Serves: Bass River in Burlington County; Eagleswood, Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton in Ocean County"
- Greenfield, Dr. Bruce. "Ocean County Report On Consolidation and Regionalization", Report of the Executive County Superintendent, March 15, 2010. Accessed April 21, 2011. "Pinelands Regional - Eagleswood, Tuckerton, Bass River, Little Egg Harbor"
- http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413000 School Data for the Pinelands Regional School District
- https://www.pinelandsregional.org/o/pjhs Pinelands Junior High School
- https://www.pinelandsregional.org/o/phs Pinelands Senior High School
- https://www.pinelandsregional.org/contact-us Contact Us
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/29/4105 School Performance Reports for the Pinelands Regional School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4105 New Jersey School Directory for the Pinelands Regional School District
- https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/4105.pdf#page=61 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Pinelands Regional School District
- https://www.pinelandsregional.org/page/board-of-education Board of Education: About Us
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404050 School Data for the Eagleswood Township Elementary School
- https://www.eagleswood.org/contact-us Contact Us
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/ocean New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County
- https://www.eagleswood.org/page/superintendents-corner Superintendent's Corner
- https://www.eagleswood.org/staff?id=3720117 Business Administrator
- https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
- https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/1150.pdf#page=59 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Eagleswood Township School District
- https://www.eagleswood.org/page/board-members Board of Education
