Central Regional School District
The Central Regional School District is a regional public school district in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, which serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from the municipalities of Berkeley Township, Island Heights, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 2,431 students and 172.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.1:1. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education 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. History. The district was established in September 1954 with Berkeley Township, Island Heights, Lacey Township, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park as the constituent municipalities. Students from the six constituent municipalities had previously attended the Toms River Regional Schools, before the new district completed its school building that was constructed on a site covering at a cost of $1,430,000 (equivalent to  $ in ). The school opened to students in September 1956 as Central Regional Junior-Senior High School with students from the six constituent municipalities, along with students from Brick Township, who attended as part of a sending/receiving relationship. The formal dedication was deferred to late February 1957 due to construction delays. With the withdrawal of grades 7 and 8 starting in the 1980–81 school year and the opening of Lacey Township High School in 1981, Lacey Township began dissolving its participation in the Central Regional district. Schools. Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center  for Education Statistics) are: Administration. Core members of the district's administration are: Board of education. The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district . Seats on the board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with five seats assigned to Berkeley Township, and one each to Island Heights, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park.