The Lakehurst School District is a community

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serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Lakehurst, in

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, United States. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 374 students and 35.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.District information for Lakehurst School District
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in

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"B", the second lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common

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characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. Public school students from Lakehurst in ninth through

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s attend

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in Manchester Township, as part of a

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with the

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. As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,006 students and 82.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.

History

In October 1973, the Lakehurst district announced that its students would be shifted from

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to the new Manchester Township High School. The school opened in September 1976 for nearly 800 students from both Lakehurst and Manchester Township. The Lakehurst district decided in 2012 against a proposal that would have had borough students attend

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as part of a sending / receiving relationship with the Jackson School District. The change in the sending relationship had been considered as a means of reducing the costs associated with paying $14,000 for each of the 150 students attending Manchester High School, as opposed to the $11,300 that would have been paid at Jackson, yielding annual savings of $400,000, less the added cost of transporting students to and from Jackson.

Attendance boundary

The district includes students from the Lakehurst component of

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School

Lakehurst Elementary School had an enrollment of 366 students in grades PreK-8 in the 2018–19 school year. *Stephanie Rucci, vice principal of student and staff development

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: *Loren Fuhring, superintendent *Barry Parliman, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised 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 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 day-to-day operation of the district.School Board Members
Lakehurst School District. Accessed September 5, 2020.

References

External links

Lakehurst Elementary School
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School Data for the Lakehurst Elementary School
National Center for Education Statistics
Manchester Township High School
{{Ocean County, New Jersey School Districts Lakehurst, New Jersey New Jersey District Factor Group B School districts in Ocean County, New Jersey Public K–8 schools in New Jersey