The Bass River Township School District is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in Kindergarten through sixth grade from Bass River Township

Bass River Township, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,510 people, 548 households, and 409 families residing in the township. The population density was 19.9 people per square mile . There were 602 housing units at an average density of 7.9 per square mile...

, in Burlington County

Burlington County, New Jersey

There were 154,371 households out of which 34.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.70% were married couples living together, 10.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were non-families. 22.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% had...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States

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Students in grades 7 - 12 attend the schools of the Pinelands Regional School District

Pinelands Regional School District

Pinelands Regional School District is a regional school district in Ocean County, New Jersey, serving students from Bass River Township, Eagleswood Township, Little Egg Harbor Township and Tuckerton Borough....

. The district comprises the Pinelands Regional Junior High School (1,082 students in grades 7-9) and Pinelands Regional High School

Pinelands Regional High School

Pinelands Regional High School is a three-year regional public high school that serves students from four communities in tenth through twelfth grade from Ocean County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Pinelands Regional School District, which serves students from Bass River Township,...

 (888 students in grades 10-12). The current combined enrollment is nearly 2,000 students. The student to teacher ratio is 25:1 in the high school, and 22:1 in the middle school. The district serves students from Bass River Township, Eagleswood Township

Eagleswood Township, New Jersey

Eagleswood Township is a Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population had increased to a record high of 1,603....

, Little Egg Harbor Township

Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey

Little Egg Harbor Township is a Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population had increased to a record high of 20,065....

  and Tuckerton Borough

Tuckerton, New Jersey

Tuckerton is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, named for founder Ebenezer Tucker , and was a port of entry, but not the third Port of Entry as commonly believed, in the United States As of the 2000 United States Census, the borough population was 3,517.Tuckerton was incorporated as a borough...

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As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 115 students and 9.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth 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.

Schools

• Bass River Township Elementary School served 115 students in grades K-6 (as of the 2007-08 school year, per the National Center for Education Statistics
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  )

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Lawrence Mathis, Superintendent
• Steve Brennan, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Government / District website
• Data for the Bass River Township Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics
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• Pinelands Regional School District
• Data for the Pinelands Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
  The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...