Ocean Gate School District is a community

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that serves students in

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through

sixth grade Sixth grade (or grade six in some regions) is the sixth year of schooling. Students are typically 11–12 years old, depending on when their birthday occurs. Different terms and numbers are used in other parts of the world. It is commonly the firs ...

from Ocean Gate in

Ocean County Ocean County is a county located along the Jersey Shore in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It borders the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Its county seat is Toms River.New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

, United States. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 142 students and 15.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 9.2:1.District information for Ocean Gate School District

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. Accessed April 1, 2020. In the 2016–17 school year, Ocean Gate was tied as having the 26th smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 149 students. The district is classified by the

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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 in

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through

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s attend the schools of the

Central Regional School District The Central Regional School District is a regional public school district in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, which serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from the municipalities of Berkeley Township, Island Heights, Ocean ...

, which serves students from Ocean Gate and from the municipalities of Berkeley Township, Island Heights,

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) are Central Regional Middle School with 769 students in grades 7–8 and

Central Regional High School Central Regional High School is a four-year regional comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, opera ...

with 1,483 students in grades 9–12. The high school district's

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consists of nine members, who are directly elected by the residents of the constituent municipalities to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year. Ocean Gate is allocated one of the board's nine seats.

Schools

*Ocean Gate Elementary School had an enrollment of 142 students in grades PreK-6 as of the 2018–19 school year.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:Ocean Gate Board of Education
Ocean Gate School District. Accessed May 21, 2020. "Our five member Board of Education is an elected body residents of Ocean Gate. As Board members, they establish policies and oversight for the Ocean Gate School District. Board members fulfill three-year terms and serve the residents and children of Ocean Gate without pay." *Melanie Patterson, superintendent *John Failla, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's

, with 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.''Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Ocean Gate School District''

, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed May 21, 2020. "The 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 five members appointed to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members’ terms expire each year. The District provides a full range of educational services appropriate to grades levels Preschool through 6th grade."

References

External links

Ocean Gate Elementary School
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School Data for the Ocean Gate Elementary School

Central Regional School District
{{Ocean County, New Jersey School Districts Ocean Gate, New Jersey New Jersey District Factor Group B School districts in Ocean County, New Jersey Public elementary schools in New Jersey