Lakehurst School District

Lakehurst School District
Location
301 Union Avenue
, Ocean County, New Jersey, 08733
United States
Coordinates40°00′44″N 74°19′01″W / 40.012099°N 74.316824°W / 40.012099; -74.316824
District information
GradesPreK to 8
SuperintendentLoren Fuhring
Business administratorJoseph Firetto
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment406 (as of 2023–24)
Faculty40.8 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio10.0:1
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.lakehurstschool.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,80919$18,891−11.0%
1Budgetary Cost12,6281614,159−10.8%
2Classroom Instruction7,805168,659−9.9%
6Support Services1,715152,167−20.9%
8Administrative Cost1,724351,54711.4%
10Operations & Maintenance1,217141,612−24.5%
13Extracurricular Activities1403810434.6%
16Median Teacher Salary55,9741761,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The Lakehurst School District is a community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Lakehurst, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 406 students and 40.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0:1.

The district had been 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.

Public school students from Lakehurst in ninth through twelfth grades attend Manchester Township High School in Manchester Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Manchester Township School District. As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 943 students and 86.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.