The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from the suburban communities of Englishtown and Manalapan Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Manalapan and Englishtown formally joined together as a regional elementary school district in 1963, with an initial enrollment of 1,140 students.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district's seven schools had an enrollment of 3,956 students and 332.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâ€"teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
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.
Students from the two communities in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend either Manalapan High School (all students from Englishtown and some from Manalapan) or Freehold Township High School (which serves other Manalapan students), as part of the Freehold Regional High School District. The Freehold Regional High School District also serves students from Colts Neck Township, Farmingdale, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Howell Township and Marlboro Township. As of the 2014-15 school year, Manalapan High School had an enrollment of 1,950 students and 130.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâ€"teacher ratio of 15.0:1 and Freehold Township High School had an enrollment of 2,111 students and 138.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâ€"teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
Schools
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Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
- Preschool
- John I. Dawes Early Learning Center (348 students; in PreK and K)
- Melissa Foy, Principal
- Elementary schools
- Clark Mills School (522; 1-5)
- Jayme Orlando, Principal
- Lafayette Mills School (554; 1-5)
- Gregory T. Duffy, Principal
- Milford Brook School (574; K-5)
- Jodi Pepchinski, Principal
- Taylor Mills School (539; K-5)
- Kerry Marsala, Principal
- Wemrock Brook School (600; 1-5)
- Beverly Wilpon, Principal
- Middle schools
- Pine Brook School (593; 6th grade)
- John Spalthoff, Principal
- Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School (1,262; 7 & 8)
- Robert Williams, Principal
In the news
Starting September 12, 2006, the approximately 1,400 students of Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School had to learn in the elementary and intermediate schools as the district's middle school building was not yet ready for use. Inspections had identified between 100 and 300 code violations, and the school could not be granted a certificate of occupancy. While the building was being completed, students attended school on the school's four-hour day schedule in cafeterias, gymnasiums, auditoriums, and empty classrooms in the elementary and intermediate schools. As of September 25, 2006, students resumed a full day schedule at the Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School.
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
- Dr. John Marciante, Superintendent
- Veronica Wolf, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
External links
- Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District
- Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District's 2015â€"16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- Archives of Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School's online newspaper
