The Central Regional School District is a regional school district in Ocean County

Ocean County, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 510,916 people, 200,402 households, and 137,876 families residing in the county. The population density was 803 people per square mile . There were 248,711 housing units at an average density of 151/km²...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, which serves students in grades 7 through 12 from the municipalities of Berkeley Township

Berkeley Township, New Jersey

Berkeley 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 41,255....

 (1,732 students), Island Heights

Island Heights, New Jersey

Island Heights is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 1,673....

 (85 students), Ocean Gate

Ocean Gate, New Jersey

Ocean Gate is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 2,011.Ocean Gate was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 28, 1918, from portions of Berkeley Township...

 (159 students), Seaside Heights

Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Seaside Heights is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 2,887. Seaside Heights is situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that separates Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean...

 (198 students) and Seaside Park

Seaside Park, New Jersey

Seaside Park is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the borough population was 1,579. Seaside Park is situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that separates Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.The first inhabitants...

 (55 students).

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 2,109 students and 154.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.7.

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 "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.

The district's Board of Education

Board of education

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 consists of nine members. Five members are from Berkeley Township, with one each from Island Heights, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park.

Schools

The schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:

• Central Regional Middle School for grades 7 and 8 (673 students)
  • Dr. Dennis Driber - Principal
  • Joseph Firetto - Vice Principal
• Central Regional High School
  Central Regional High School
  Central Regional High School is a four-year public high school located in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States operating as part of the Central Regional School District...
  
   for grades 9 - 12 (1,436 students)
  • Douglas Corbett - Principal
  • Timothy Murphy - Assistant Principal
  • Michelle Ramsay - Assistant Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Triantafillos Parlapanides, Superintendent
• Kevin O'Shea, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Central Regional School District
• Data for the Central 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...