Lakewood School District (New Jersey)
| Lakewood School District | |
|---|---|
| 1771 Madison Avenue Lakewood, NJ 08701 |
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| District information | |
| Grades | PreK-12 |
| Superintendent | Laura A. Winters |
| Business administrator | Regina Robinson |
| Schools | 7 |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 6,208 (as of 2014-15) |
| Faculty | 452.4 FTEs |
| Student-teacher ratio | 13.7:1 |
| Other information | |
| District Factor Group | None |
| Website | http://www.lakewoodpiners.org |
The Lakewood School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in Lakewood Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its seven schools had an enrollment of 6,208 students and 452.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
The school district provided busing to 18,000 students enrolled at 74 yeshivas as of 2011, which by 2016 had grown to a private school population of 25,000, more than quadruple the number of public school students.
In March 2017, Superintendent Laura Winters stated that due to a proposed $14.7 million decrease of the district budget, the district would be "unable to provide students with a thorough and efficient education required by the New Jersey State Constitution." The proposed cuts may cause 120 teachers to lose their positions.
As of 2017, most of the students are black and Latino/Hispanic, while many of the Orthodox Jewish town residents send their children to private Jewish schools. As of that year most of the members of the Lakewood School Board were Orthodox Jews.
Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Core members of the district's administration are:
Coordinates: 40°05′50″N 74°12′32″W / 40.097308°N 74.208792°W
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