Brick Public Schools

Brick Public Schools
Address
101 Hendrickson Avenue
Brick Township
, Ocean County, New Jersey, 08724
United States
Coordinates40°04′53″N 74°07′01″W / 40.081454°N 74.117006°W / 40.081454; -74.117006
District information
GradesPreK to 12
SuperintendentThomas G. Farrell
Business administratorJames Edwards
Schools12
Students and staff
Enrollment8,414 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty689.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.brickschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,51624$18,891−12.6%
1Budgetary Cost12,6851714,783−14.2%
2Classroom Instruction7,935198,763−9.4%
6Support Services2,096412,392−12.4%
8Administrative Cost1,12581,485−24.2%
10Operations & Maintenance1,03131,783−42.2%
13Extracurricular Activities282652685.2%
16Median Teacher Salary63,3844164,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Brick Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Brick Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising 12 schools, had an enrollment of 8,414 students and 689.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.[1]

The district is 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.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Brick Township Public 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. ^ Brick Township Board of Education District Policy 9000 - Role of the Board of Education, Brick Public Schools. Accessed February 9, 2020. "The board of this district shall be known officially as the Board of Education of the Township of Brick in the County of Ocean. (N.J.S.A.18A:10-2). The Brick Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Township of Brick for the purpose of providing a program of education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through grade 12."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 9, 2014.