Tuckerton School District

The Tuckerton School District is a community public school district that serves students in public school for pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from the borough of Tuckerton, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.

Tuckerton School District
Address
213 Marine Street
Tuckerton, NJ 08087
Coordinates39.601755°N 74.336764°W / 39.601755; -74.336764
District information
GradesPreK-6
SuperintendentJanet Gangemi
Business administratorJanet Gangemi
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment280 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty30.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio9.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupCD
Websitehttps://www.tesnj.com
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-6
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,85713$18,891−16.1%
1Budgetary Cost12,4271013,649−9.0%
2Classroom Instruction7,45498,366−10.9%
6Support Services2,168282,1610.3%
8Administrative Cost98321,467−33.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,604331,5523.4%
13Extracurricular Activities1584039305.1%
16Median Teacher Salary48,529557,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 280 students and 30.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.3:1.[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]

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, Eagleswood Township and Little Egg Harbor Township.[4][5][6][7] Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are Pinelands Regional Junior High School[9] with 802 students in grades 7-9 and Pinelands Regional High School[10] with 815 students in grades 10-12.[11][12][13] The district's board of education includes 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.[14] Tuckerton is allocated one of the nine seats.[15]

School

Tuckerton Elementary School had an enrollment of 278 students as of the 2017-18 school year (based on enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics).[16]

  • Siobhan Grayson, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[17][18]

  • Janet Gangemi, Superintendent of Schools / Business Administrator

References
  1. District information for Tuckerton Borough School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  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 December 9, 2014.
  4. Pinelands Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 22, 2020. "The Pinelands Regional School District is a regional school district located in southern Ocean County. The District consists of a Junior High School for grades 7-9 and a High School for grades 10-12. The communities of Bass River, Eagleswood, Little Egg Harbor, and Tuckerton are served by the District with approximately 1,700 students in grades 7-12."
  5. School Choice Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed January 22, 2020. "Pinelands Regional School District is comprised of a Junior High School and a High School. The District serves students in grades 7 through 12 living in the communities of: Bass River Township (Burlington County), Eagleswood Township, Little Egg Harbor Township, Tuckerton Borough"
  6. Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed June 1, 2016. "Pinelands Regional - Serves: Bass River in Burlington County; Eagleswood, Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton in Ocean County"
  7. 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"
  8. School Data for the Pinelands Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  9. Junior High School, Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  10. Senior High School, Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  11. Contact Us, Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  12. Living & Learning in Ocean County - Public Schools Directory 2018-2019, Ocean County, New Jersey. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  13. New Jersey School Directory for the Pinelands Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  14. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Pinelands Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2013. Accessed January 22, 2020. "The Pinelands Regional School District is a Type II district located in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of 9 members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members' terms expire each year."
  15. Board of Education: About Us, Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed January 22, 2020. "The Board of Education is composed of nine citizens elected to serve terms of three years each. Representatives are elected on the basis of constituent population - one from Bass River Township, one from Eagleswood Township, six from Little Egg Harbor Township, and one from the Borough of Tuckerton."
  16. School Data for the Tuckerton Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 18, 2017.
  17. Board of Education, Tuckerton Elementary School. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  18. New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
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