Asbury Park Public Schools

Asbury Park School District
Address
910 Fourth Avenue
Asbury Park
, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 07712
United States
Coordinates40°13′00″N 74°00′24″W / 40.216699°N 74.006661°W / 40.216699; -74.006661
District information
Gradespre-K to 12
SuperintendentRaShawn M. Adams
Business administratorMelissa Simmons (interim)
Schools4
Affiliation(s)Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment1,771 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty175.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupA
Websitewww.asburypark.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$30,84568$18,89163.3%
1Budgetary Cost28,1206814,78390.2%
2Classroom Instruction14,488688,76365.3%
6Support Services6,817682,392185.0%
8Administrative Cost1,824601,48522.8%
10Operations & Maintenance3,942681,783121.1%
13Extracurricular Activities70667268163.4%
16Median Teacher Salary69,1755764,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

Asbury Park Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district headquartered in Asbury Park, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving children in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade.[3] The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke[4] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[5][6]

Students from nearby Allenhurst, Loch Arbour and Interlaken no longer attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[7][8]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,771 students and 175.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.1:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest 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.[9]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Asbury Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Asbury Park Board of Education District Policy: Identification, Asbury Park Public Schools. Accessed January 28, 2020. "The Asbury Park School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the City of Asbury Park."
  4. ^ What We Do: History, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v. Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."
  5. ^ What We Do, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  6. ^ SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  7. ^ 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed December 25, 2009.
  8. ^ Stine, Don (August 7, 2017). "Allenhurst Ends Sending-Receiving Relationship with Asbury Park School District". The Coaster. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  9. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 9, 2014.