Deal School District

Deal School District
Address
201 Roseld Avenue
Deal
, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 07723
United States
Coordinates40°14′52″N 74°00′21″W / 40.24764°N 74.005876°W / 40.24764; -74.005876
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentDonato J. Saponaro Sr.
Business administratorPia Lordi
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment160 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty19.6 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio8.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupNA
Websitewww.dealschool.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$25,26665$18,89133.7%
1Budgetary Cost17,4505314,15923.2%
2Classroom Instruction8,521248,659−1.6%
6Support Services2,650442,16722.3%
8Administrative Cost1,655371,5477.0%
10Operations & Maintenance4,253691,612163.8%
13Extracurricular Activities37161104256.7%
16Median Teacher Salary55,4842161,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Deal School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Deal, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4][5][6] The school was established in September 1953.[7]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 160 students and 19.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.2:1.[1] In the 2016–17 school year, Deal had the 35th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 165 students.[8]

As a participant in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, the majority of the district's students live outside of Deal, with 37 slots allocated for choice students in the 2014-15 school year, 20 of which were for Kindergarten students.[9] As of the 2002-03 school year, nearly 75% of students at Deal School attended from outside the district on a tuition basis, paying $4,300 per student, per year, with students coming from the neighboring communities of Loch Arbour, Asbury Park, Ocean Township, Red Bank and Belmar.[7] By the 2013-14 school year, nearly 90% of the district's enrollment was from choice students, for whom the state paid the district $12,500 in supplemental aid per student.[10]

For ninth through twelfth grades, students attend Shore Regional High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[11] As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 585 students and 52.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[12]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Deal Boro School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Deal Board of Education District Bylaw 0110 - Identification, Deal School District. Accessed March 11, 2024. "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 Deal School District. Composition: The Deal School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Deal."
  4. ^ County School list A-D, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed March 11, 2024.
  5. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Deal School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  6. ^ School Performance Reports for the Deal Boro School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  7. ^ a b Martin, Patti. "At 50, Deal School still looks familiar", Asbury Park Press, May 22, 2003. Accessed July 21, 2008.
  8. ^ Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 35. Deal - Enrollment: 165; Grades: K-8; County: Monmouth"
  9. ^ School Choice Seat Availability 2014-2015, Deal School District. Accessed August 20, 2014.
  10. ^ McGlone, Peggy. "NJ Interdistrict Choice program shows huge growth but limited reach", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 8, 2014, updated March 29, 2019. Accessed February 20, 2020. "The K-8 district in the wealthy Monmouth County Shore town receives almost $2 million in extra state aid, $12,573 for each of its 145 out-of-town Choice students. Only 15 students in the district’s one school live in Deal."
  11. ^ Public Minutes August 27, 2018, Deal School District. Accessed October 21, 2018. "Approve the tuition arrangement for the 2018-2019 School Year with Shore Regional High School at a rate of $10,824.32 per pupil for regular education."
  12. ^ School data for Shore Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.