Pinelands Regional School District | |
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520 Nugentown Road Tuckerton, NJ 08087 |
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District information | |
Grades | 7-12 |
Superintendent | Dr. Maryann Banks (interim) |
Business administrator | Stephen J. Brennan |
Schools | 2 |
Students and staff | |
Enrollment | 1,617 (as of 2014-15) |
Faculty | 168.8 FTEs |
Student-teacher ratio | 9.6:1 |
Other information | |
District Factor Group | B |
Website | www |
Pinelands Regional School District is a regional school district in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, serving students from Eagleswood Township, Little Egg Harbor Township and Tuckerton Borough along with the Burlington County municipality of Bass River Township. Both schools are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the New Jersey Department of Education.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 1,617 students and 168.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second 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.
Pinelands Regional High School officially opened on September 5, 1979, as a Junior-Senior High School, originally housing students in seventh through twelfth grades from Tuckerton, Little Egg Harbor, Bass River, and Eagleswood. Prior to the opening of the school, students from those communities had attended Southern Regional School District in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township.