Tinton Falls Middle School, also known as TFMS, is a three-year public middle school in Tinton Falls

Tinton Falls, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 15,053 people, 5,883 households, and 3,976 families residing in the borough. The population density was 965.7 people per square mile . There were 6,211 housing units at an average density of 398.4 per square mile...

, in Monmouth County

Monmouth County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States

United States

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, as part of the Tinton Falls School District

Tinton Falls School District

The Tinton Falls School District is a regional elementary school district in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Students in grades K through 8 attending the three schools in the district. Tinton Falls students make up almost the entire school, and parents from Tinton Falls make up all but one position on...

.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 535 students and 46.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student-teacher ratio

Student-teacher ratio

Student-teacher ratio refers to the number of teachers in a school or university with respect to the number of students who attend the institution. For example, a student-teacher ratio of 10:1 indicates that there are 10 students for every one teacher...

 of 11.5.

Athletics

• Soccer
• Wrestling
  Wrestling
  Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
  
  
• Basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
  
  
• Cheerleading
  Cheerleading
  Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
  
  
• Track and Field
  Track and field
  Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
  
  
• Baseball
  Baseball
  Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
  
  
• Softball
  Softball
  Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
  
  

After-School Clubs

Art,
Band,
Chorus,
Community Service,
Computer,
Drama,
Games and Chess,
Garden,
Homework,
Intramurals,
National Junior Honor Society,
Newspaper,
Peer Tutoring,
Sportwriter,
Student Council,
Super Sitters,and
Yearbook.

Administration

• Principal - Mr. David Hallman
• Facilitating Teacher - Mrs. Linda Balogh
• Guidance Counselor - Mr. Ronald Leiner
• Student Assistance Counselor - Mrs. Joan Vernon
• School Nurse - Mrs. Kathleen Melnykevich

External links

• Tinton Falls Middle School
• Tinton Falls School District
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Tinton Falls School District