Atlantic Highlands School District | |
Superintendent: | Tara Beams |
Businessadmin: | Janet Sherlock |
Address: | 140 First Avenue |
City: | Atlantic Highlands |
County: | Monmouth County |
State: | New Jersey |
Zipcode: | 07716 |
Country: | United States |
Coordinates: | 40.4113°N -74.0388°W |
Grades: | K-6 |
Schools: | 1 |
Enrollment: | 256 (as of 2022–23) |
Faculty: | 27.0 FTEs |
Ratio: | 9.5:1 |
Free Label: | District Factor Group |
Free Text: | GH |
The Atlantic Highlands School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through sixth grade from Atlantic Highlands, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] [2]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 256 students and 27.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5] [6] As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 296 students and 39.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.6:1.[7]
In September 2023, voters in both Atlantic Highlands and Highlands approved a ballot measure that would consolidate the two K–6 districts with the Henry Hudson regional district to form a single K–12 district starting in the 2024–25 school year.[8]
Atlantic Highlands Elementary School had an enrollment of 256 students in grades K-6 in the 2022–23 school year.[9] [10] [11]
Core members of the district's administration are:[13] [14]
Beams has served jointly since June 2021 as Tri-District Superintendent of Schools for the Atlantic Highlands School District, the Highlands School District and the Henry Hudson Regional High School.[16]
The district's board of education, comprised of 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. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.[17] [18] [19]