Sea Girt Elementary School
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Sea Girt Elementary School is a community public school and school district
School district
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 that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Sea Girt
Sea Girt, New Jersey
Sea Girt is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 1,828.Sea Girt was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 29, 1917, from portions of Wall Township, based on the results of a referendum...

, in Monmouth County
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, New Jersey
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, United States
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.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 164 students and 17.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
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 as being in District Factor Group "I", the second 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.

For grades 9-12, Sea Girt's public school students attend Manasquan High School
Manasquan High School
Manasquan High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Manasquan, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Manasquan Public Schools...

, as part of a sending/receiving relationship
Sending/receiving relationship
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 with the Manasquan Public Schools
Manasquan Public Schools
The Manasquan Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students from Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Manasquan, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States....

. Manasquan High School also serves students from Avon-by-the-Sea
Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey
Avon-by-the-Sea is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 1,901...

, Belmar
Belmar, New Jersey
Belmar is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 5,794. The Borough of Belmar is governed under the Faulkner Act system of municipal government....

, Brielle
Brielle, New Jersey
Brielle is a Borough located in southern Monmouth County, New Jersey along the Manasquan River. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 4,774....

, Lake Como
Lake Como, New Jersey
Lake Como is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 1,759.Lake Como was originally formed as the borough of South Belmar by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 12, 1924, from portions of Wall Township, based...

, Spring Lake
Spring Lake, New Jersey
Spring Lake is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 2,993....

, Spring Lake Heights
Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey
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 who attended Manasquan High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with their respective districts.

Awards and recognition

For the 2005-06 school year, Sea Girt Elementary School was one of four schools in New Jersey recognized by the United States Department of Education
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 as a recipient of the national Blue Ribbon Schools Program
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
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, the highest official level of recognition that an American school can receive.

School

Sea Girt Elementary School had an enrollment of 164 students as of the 2007-08 school year.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration include:
  • Stephen LaValva, Chief School Administrator
  • Eileen Ertle, School Business Administrator
  • Sue Keffer, Board Secretary

External links

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