Oceanport School District

{{short description|School district in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2020}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox school district

| name = Oceanport School District

| superintendent = Karen Barry

| businessadmin = Kenneth Londregan

| address = 29 Wolfhill Avenue

| city = Oceanport

| county = Monmouth County

| state = New Jersey

| zipcode = 07757

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|40.31273|-74.017879|region:US_type:edu|display=inline,title}}

| grades = Pre-K to 8

| schools = 2

| enrollment = 562 (as of 2021–22)

| faculty = 65.0 FTEs

| ratio = 8.7:1

| free_label = District Factor Group

| free_text = GH

| website = {{URL|https://www.oceanport.k12.nj.us}}

| module = {{New Jersey school district spending table|embed=yes

| year = 2014

| graderange = K-8

| enrollrange = 401-750

| rangecount = 64

| indAdist = 18807| indArank = 37| indAavg = 18891

| ind1dist = 14441| ind1rank = 33| ind1avg = 14159

| ind2dist = 8674| ind2rank = 34| ind2avg = 8659

| ind6dist = 2637| ind6rank = 52| ind6avg = 2167

| ind8dist = 1589| ind8rank = 24| ind8avg = 1547

| ind10dist = 1250| ind10rank = 16| ind10avg = 1612

| ind13dist = 283| ind13rank = 61| ind13avg = 104

| ind16dist = 59445| ind16rank = 31| ind16avg = 61136

}}

}}

The Oceanport School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Oceanport, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=626ee27c806a4c9db6695b33d7b024bc Oceanport Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Oceanport School District. Accessed May 31, 2023. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Oceanport School District. Composition: The Oceanport School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Oceanport." The district also includes students from Sea Bright, a non-operating district that was subject to a mandatory merger with Oceanport in 2009.[http://www.state.nj.us/education/counties/Non-ops/SeaBright.pdf Letter to Sea Bright Borough School District], {{Webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113194330/http://www.state.nj.us/education/counties/Non-ops/SeaBright.pdf | date=November 13, 2011}} New Jersey Department of Education, dated June 30, 2009. Accessed May 31, 2023.[https://www.seabrightnj.org/sbnj/_zumu_user_doc_cache/2020_Feasibility_Study.pdf An Open Letter to our Residents], Borough of Sea Bright. Accessed May 31, 2023. "Sea Bright currently is educating students in Grade PK-8 in Oceanport pursuant to a 2009 mandatory merger under the Non-operating District Law, and is a current constituent member of the Shore Regional District for grades 9-12."

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 562 students and 65.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.7:1.[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3412120&DistrictID=3412120 District information for Oceanport School District], National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.[http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts], New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 2, 2014.

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Shore Regional High School, a regional high school that also serves students from the constituent districts of Monmouth Beach, Sea Bright and West Long Branch.[http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/25/4760/000.html Shore Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative], New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 2, 2016. "Shore Regional High School, located in West Long Branch, Monmouth County New Jersey, is a comprehensive secondary school that proudly serves the communities of Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright, and West Long Branch. The beautiful ten-acre campus is situated on the banks of Franklin Lake in the borough of West Long Branch."Walter, Kenny. [https://archive.centraljersey.com/2013/04/04/srhs-15-7m-budget-calls-for-flat-tax-levy/ "SRHS $15.7M budget calls for flat tax levy; School taxes decrease for three of four sending towns"], The Hub, April 4, 2013. Accessed May 21, 2020. "Three of the four sending districts that comprise the Shore Regional High School District — Oceanport, Monmouth Beach and West Long Branch — will pay less in taxes for the 2013-14 school year. Taxes will increase, however, for property owners in Sea Bright, which will pay a higher percentage of the regional school budget." The high school is located in West Long Branch and is part of the Shore Regional High School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 613 students and 55.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3414940&ID=341494004100 School data for Shore Regional High School], National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.