Highlands School District

Highlands School District
360 Navesink Avenue
Highlands, NJ 07732
District information
Grades K-6
Superintendent Dr. Susan E. Compton
Business administrator Christopher Mullins
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 189 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 19.3 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 9.79:1
Other information
District Factor Group CD
Website District web site
Ind. Per pupil District
spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-6
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$24,98256$18,89132.2%
1Budgetary Cost20,1625513,64947.7%
2Classroom Instruction10,912548,36630.4%
6Support Services5,472582,161153.2%
8Administrative Cost1,322141,467-9.9%
10Operations & Maintenance2,389531,55253.9%
13Extracurricular Activities65313966.7%
16Median Teacher Salary63,3104857,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

The Highlands School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade in Highlands, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 189 students and 19.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.79:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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.[3]

For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend Henry Hudson Regional High School, a comprehensive six-year high school and regional public school district that serves students from both Atlantic Highlands and Highlands.[4][5] As of the 2013-14 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 326 students and 40.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.0:1.[6]

School

Highlands Elementary School had an enrollment of 189 students in the 2011-12 school year.[7]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]

Compton serves jointly as Tri-District Superintendent of Schools for the Atlantic Highlands School District, the Highlands School District and the Henry Hudson Regional High School.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Highlands School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ Henry Hudson Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 11, 2016. "Henry Hudson Regional School is a comprehensive public school which serves two communities of students: Atlantic Highlands and Highlands, NJ."
  5. ↑ About Henry Hudson, Henry Hudson Regional High School. Accessed July 11, 2016. "This school district serves the towns of Atlantic Highlands and Highlands and students in grades seven through twelve."
  6. ↑ School Data for Henry Hudson Regional School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 11, 2016.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Highlands School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 13, 2014.
  8. ↑ Principal, Highlands School District. Accessed October 13, 2014.
  9. ↑ Board of Education, Highlands School District. Accessed October 13, 2014.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 13, 2014.
  11. ↑ Superintendent, Highlands School District. Accessed October 13, 2014.
  12. ↑ Business Office, Highlands School District. Accessed October 13, 2014.
  13. ↑ Silakowski, Ian. "AH Council Introduced to New Tri-District Superintendent", Atlantic Highlands Herald, March 2, 2014. Accessed October 13, 2014. "The first new order of business involved Atlantic Highlands Board of Education President Saranne Weimer introducing Dr. Susan Compton, the Tri-District Superintendent of Schools for Atlantic Highlands and Highlands Elementary, and Henry Hudson Regional School."

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Coordinates: 40°24′13″N 74°00′32″W / 40.403658°N 74.008835°W / 40.403658; -74.008835

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