Eagleswood Township School District

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

Eagleswood Township School District
Address
511 Route 9 West Creek , Ocean County, New Jersey, 08092 United States
Coordinates	39.687135°N 74.265964°W / 39.687135; -74.265964
District information
Grades	Pre-K to 6
Superintendent	Stephanie Bush (acting)
Business administrator	Micah Bender
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	151 (as of 2023–24)[1]
Faculty	15.6 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	B
Website	www.eagleswood.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-6 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $19,549 46 $18,891 3.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 16,233 44 13,649 18.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 10,321 47 8,366 23.4% 6 Support Services 2,507 37 2,161 16.0% 8 Administrative Cost 1,845 47 1,467 25.8% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,465 23 1,552 −5.6% 16 Median Teacher Salary 50,898 7 57,437 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 151 students and 15.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.7:1.^[1]

Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Pinelands Regional School District, which also serves students from Bass River Township, Little Egg Harbor Township and Tuckerton Borough.^{[7][8][9][10]} Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[11]) are Pinelands Regional Junior High School^[12] with 503 students in grades 7-8 and Pinelands Regional High School^[13] with 1,077 students in grades 9-12.^[14][15][16] The district's board of education is composed of nine members directly elected by the residents of the constituent municipalities to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year.^[17] Eagleswood Township is allocated one of the nine seats.^[18]

History

In the 2016–17 school year, Eagleswood had the 20th smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 141 students.^[19]

The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From highest socioeconomic status to lowest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.^[20]

School

The Eagleswood Township Elementary School had an enrollment of 150 students in grades PreK-6 in the 2023–24 school year.^[21]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[22][23]

• Stephanie Bush, acting superintendent
• Stephen Brennan, business administrator / 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 either 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 district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[24][25][26]