Tinton Falls School District

The Tinton Falls School District is a regional elementary school district in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in kindergarten through eighth grades. Students from Tinton Falls are a majority of the district's enrollment, together with students from the neighboring community of Shrewsbury Township and the dependent children of military families based at Naval Weapons Station Earle.[3][4]

Tinton Falls School District
Address
658 Tinton Avenue Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 United States
Coordinates	40.301878°N 74.097707°W
District information
Grades	K-8
Superintendent	John P. Russo
Business administrator	Vin Daniels
Schools	3
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,447 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	150.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	GH
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,566 62 $18,891 −1.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 15,664 71 14,159 10.6% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,877 54 8,659 2.5% 6 Support Services 3,311 83 2,167 52.8% 8 Administrative Cost 1,695 58 1,547 9.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,671 57 1,612 3.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 110 55 104 5.8% 16 Median Teacher Salary 60,074 33 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,447 students and 150.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.[5]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Monmouth Regional High School, located in Tinton Falls. The school also serves students from Eatontown and Naval Weapons Station Earle.[6] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 972 students and 91.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.[7]

Students may also apply to attend one of the magnet schools in the Monmouth County Vocational School District — Marine Academy of Science and Technology, Academy of Allied Health & Science, High Technology High School, Biotechnology High School, and Communications High School.[8]

Awards and recognition

In 2004, Mahala F. Atchison School was designated as a Governor's School of Excellence.[9] Tinton Falls Middle School earned that designation in 2005.[10] Additionally all three schools have won numerous Best Practices awards.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[11]) are:[12][13]

Elementary schools

• Mahala F. Atchison Elementary School[14] with 494 students in grades K-3
  • Jessica Black, Principal

• Swimming River Elementary School[15] with 458 students in grades 4-5
  • Dr. Marion Lamberti, Principal

Middle school

• Tinton Falls Middle School[16] with 492 students in grades 6-8
  • Mary Ehid, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[17][18]

• Lisa Goldey, Superintendent
• Vin Daniels, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, with nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.[19][20][21] Seats on the school board are allocated based on the populations of the two constituent municipalities, with eight allocated to Tinton Falls and one to Shrewsbury Township.[22]

References

1. District information for Tinton Falls School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Tinton Falls Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Tinton Falls School District. Accessed May 18, 2020. "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 Tinton Falls School District. Composition: The Tinton Falls School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Tinton Falls and Shrewsbury Township."
4. DeNicola, Linda. "Boro grapples with issue of educating military kids; School district says agreement was for Navy dependents only", Atlanticville, February 15, 2007. Accessed May 18, 2020. "Whether or not the Tinton Falls School District is obligated to educate all children living at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Colts Neck, is expected to be an issue with ramifications for taxpayers in the borough school district.... The resolution states that the education of non-Navy dependent children who will remain at NWS Earle for several more years, as well as additional non-Navy dependent children who will reside at NWS Earle in the future, was never contemplated in the 1988 agreement and is an unfair tax burden to the taxpayers of the Borough of Tinton Falls and the Township of Shrewsbury."
5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 1, 2014.
6. Monmouth Regional High School 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 28, 2016. "Monmouth Regional is a comprehensive high school serving a culturally diverse student population of approximately 1050 students. Pupils attending reside in the Monmouth County communities of Eatontown, Shrewsbury Township, and Tinton Falls. In addition, some students come from the military facility of Earle Naval Weapons Station."
7. School data for Monmouth Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
8. Career Academy Admissions, Monmouth County Vocational School District. Accessed December 28, 2016.
9. 2004 Governor's School of Excellence Award recipients, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 6, 2007.
10. Gov. Codey, DOE Announce Governor's Schools of Excellence Award Winners, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 6, 2007.
11. School Data for the Tinton Falls School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
12. County School List S-W, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed May 18, 2020.
13. New Jersey School Directory for the Tinton Falls School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
14. Mahala F. Atchison Elementary School, Tinton Falls School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
15. Swimming River Elementary School, Tinton Falls School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
16. Tinton Falls Middle School, Tinton Falls School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
17. District Administration, Tinton Falls School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
18. New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
19. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
20. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Tinton Falls School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed May 18, 2020. "The Board of Education of the Borough of Tinton Falls ('Board') School District (the “District”) is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Borough of Tinton Falls School District is a Type II district located in the County of Monmouth, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades K-8."
21. Board of Education Members, Tinton Falls School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
22. Tinton Falls Board of Education District Policy 0141 - Board Member Number and Term, Tinton Falls School District. Accessed May 18, 2020. "The Board of Education shall consist of one (1) member from Shrewsbury Township and eight (8) members from the Borough of Tinton Falls."

External links

• Tinton Falls School District
• Tinton Falls School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Tinton Falls School District, National Center for Education Statistics