Brielle School District

The Brielle School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Brielle, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3][4][5][6]

Brielle School District
Address
605 Union Lane Brielle , Monmouth County, New Jersey, 08730 United States
Coordinates	40.112529°N 74.057154°W / 40.112529; -74.057154
District information
Grades	PreK to 8
Superintendent	Stacie Poelstra
Business administrator	Diane Quigley
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	484 (as of 2023–24)[1]
Faculty	55.6 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	8.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	GH
Website	www.brielle.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,142 13 $18,891 −14.6% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,512 23 14,159 −4.6% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,672 11 8,659 −11.4% 6 Support Services 2,462 41 2,167 13.6% 8 Administrative Cost 1,415 14 1,547 −8.5% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,754 45 1,612 8.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 173 43 104 66.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 57,250 20 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 484 students and 55.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.7:1.^[1]

The district had been 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.^[7]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Manasquan High School in Manasquan, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Manasquan Public Schools, joining students from Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Lake Como, Sea Girt, Spring Lake and Spring Lake Heights at the school.^[8][9][10] As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 945 students and 81.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1.^[11]

School

Brielle Elementary School serves students in grades PreK-8 and had an enrollment of 478 students in the 2023–24 school year.^[12]

• Stacie Poelstra, principal^[13]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[14][15]

• Stacie Poelstra, superintendent^[13]
• Diane Quigley, business administrator and board secretary^[16]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee 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 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[17][18][19]