The Lakewood School District is a comprehensive community
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school district
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that serves students in
pre-kindergarten
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through
twelfth grade
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in
Lakewood Township in
Ocean County
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, United States.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising eight schools, had an enrollment of 6,767 students and 492.5 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
[District information for Lakewood Township School District]
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
History
The school district provided busing to 18,000 students enrolled at 74 yeshivas as of 2011, which by 2016 had grown to a private school population of 25,000, more than quadruple the number of public school students.
[Rinde, Meir]
"Is Lakewood on the Verge of a Meltdown?"
NJ Spotlight, June 21, 2016. Accessed April 6, 2017. "State and local educational funding systems aren’t built to handle a town with 25,000 children in religious institutions and 6,000 in the public schools, says Rev. Glenn Wilson."
In March 2017, Superintendent Laura Winters stated that due to a proposed $14.7 million decrease of the district budget, the district would be "unable to provide students with a thorough and efficient education required by the New Jersey State Constitution." The proposed cuts may cause 120 teachers to lose their positions.
Demographics
As of 2017, most of the students are black and Latino/Hispanic, while many of the Orthodox Jewish town residents send their children to private Jewish schools.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the
National Center for Education Statistics) are:
;Preschool
*Lakewood Early Childhood Center with 206 students in PreK
**Heni Mozes, Supervisor of Early Childhood Center
;Elementary schools
*Ella G. Clarke School with 606 students in grades 2-5
**Debra Meabe, Principal
*Clifton Avenue School with 365 students in grades 2-5
**Debra Long, Principal
*Oak Street School with 794 students in grades 1-5
**Joseph Schroepfer, Principal
*Piner Elementary School with 509 students in grades PreK-1
**Marcy Marshall, Principal
*Spruce Street School with 479 students in grades PreK-1
**Aleida Salguero, Principal
;Middle school
*Lakewood Middle School with 1,334 students in grades 6-8
**Richard Goldstein, Principal
;High school
*
Lakewood High School with 1,243 students in grades 9-12
**Ebony Rivera, Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
*Laura A. Winters, Superintendent of Schools
*Vacant, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
Board of education
The district's
board of education, with nine 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 three seats up for election each year held (since 2013) as part of the November general election.
Board of Education
Lakewood School District. Accessed May 5, 2020.
References
External links
Lakewood School District
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School Data for the Lakewood School District
National Center for Education Statistics
{{Ocean County, New Jersey School Districts
Lakewood Township, New Jersey
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School districts in Ocean County, New Jersey