Little Silver School District

Little Silver School District
Address
124 Willow Drive
Little Silver
, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 07739
United States
Coordinates40°19′58″N 74°02′29″W / 40.332788°N 74.041401°W / 40.332788; -74.041401
District information
Gradespre-K to 8
SuperintendentEric Platt
Business administratorCaryn Anderson
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment776 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Faculty77.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupJ
Websitewww.littlesilverschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,07838$18,891−9.6%
1Budgetary Cost12,6572014,159−10.6%
2Classroom Instruction7,638168,659−11.8%
6Support Services1,965352,167−9.3%
8Administrative Cost1,469301,547−5.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,337241,612−17.1%
13Extracurricular Activities107531042.9%
16Median Teacher Salary60,4653561,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Little Silver School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Little Silver, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 776 students and 77.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the-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]

For ninth through twelfth grades, students attend Red Bank Regional High School, which serves students from the boroughs of Little Silver, Red Bank and Shrewsbury, along with students in the district's academy programs from other communities who are eligible to attend on a tuition basis.[5][6] Students from other Monmouth County municipalities are eligible to attend the high school for its performing arts program, with admission on a competitive basis.[7] The borough has two elected representatives on the nine-member board of education.[8] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,247 students and 117.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6:1.[9]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Little Silver Boro School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Little Silver Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Little Silver Public Schools. Accessed January 4, 2023. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Little Silver School District. Composition: The Little Silver School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Little Silver."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  5. ^ Red Bank Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 30, 2017. "Red Bank Regional High School is a comprehensive and diverse secondary school that offers a multitude of rigorous academic and extra-curricular programs for the student body which numbers 1,236. The constituent sending districts include Little Silver, Red Bank Borough and Shrewsbury. The district also accepts students on a tuition basis who may be interested in one of our specialized academies of study."
  6. ^ Martin, Patti. "A Day in the Life of Red Bank Regional High School", Asbury Park Press, March 30, 2007. Accessed September 1, 2014. "Located in Little Silver, RBR, as the school is commonly referred to, is the home school to students from Little Silver, Red Bank and Shrewsbury."
  7. ^ Academy of Visual and Performing Arts Frequently Asked Questions Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, Red Bank Regional High School. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  8. ^ About the Board of Education, Red Bank Regional High School District. Accessed January 21, 2017. "The Board of Education is composed of nine citizens elected from our constituent districts. Representatives are elected on the basis of constituent population - two from Little Silver, five from Red Bank, and two from Shrewsbury."
  9. ^ School data for Red Bank Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.