Estell Manor School District

Estell Manor School District is a community public school district in Estell Manor, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade.^[3][4][5][6]

Estell Manor School District
Estell Manor School, the only school in the district
Address
128 Cape May Avenue Estell Manor , Atlantic County, New Jersey, 08319 United States
Coordinates	39.379093°N 74.825387°W / 39.379093; -74.825387
District information
Grades	K-8
Superintendent	David Ricci
Business administrator	Rose Millar
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	180 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty	15.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.4:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	estellmanorschool.com
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,741 29 $18,891 −6.1% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,452 27 14,159 2.1% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,658 13 8,659 −11.6% 6 Support Services 2,696 47 2,167 24.4% 8 Administrative Cost 1,732 43 1,547 12.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,198 51 1,612 36.4% 13 Extracurricular Activities 100 24 104 −3.8% 16 Median Teacher Salary 57,697 35 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 180 students and 15.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1.^[1]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend school in the district at no cost to their parents, with tuition covered by the resident district.^[7] Available slots are announced annually by grade.^[8]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Buena Regional High School, which serves students from Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township, together with students from Estell Manor City and Weymouth Township who attend the school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Buena Regional School District.^[9][10] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 498 students and 48.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1.^[11]

City public school students are also eligible to attend the Atlantic County Institute of Technology in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township^[12] or the Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts, located in Somers Point.^[13]

History

In 2013–2016, under Superintendent Noëlle Jacquelin, the district had no tax increase for three consecutive years.^[14] Voters passed a multimillion-dollar building project referendum, and the district was awarded an $800,000 grant from the New Jersey Schools Development Authority to cover project costs.^[15]

In the 2016–17 school year, Estell Manor was the 36th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 172 students.^[16]

The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth 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.^[17]

Awards and recognition

Estell Manor School was named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve, in the 1994–95 school year^[18]

The district received "High Achieving" district status during the New Jersey Department of Education's QSAC evaluation.^{[citation needed]}

School

• Estell Manor Elementary School had an enrollment of 180 students as of the 2021–22 school year.^[19]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[20][21]

• David Ricci, superintendent
• Rose Millar, business administrator and 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.^[22][23][24]