Oceanport School District


The Oceanport School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Oceanport, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district also includes students from Sea Bright, a non-operating district that was subject to a mandatory merger with Oceanport in 2009.
As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 562 students and 65.0 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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 ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Shore Regional High School, a regional high school that also serves students from the constituent districts of Monmouth Beach, Sea Bright and West [Long Branch, New Jersey|West Long Branch]. The high school is located in West Long Branch and is part of the Shore Regional High School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 613 students and 55.7 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.

Awards and recognition

During the 2009–10 school year, Maple Place Middle School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.

Schools

Schools in the district are:
  • Wolf Hill Elementary School with 310 students in pre-Kindergarten through 4th grade
  • *Mark Maglione, principal
  • Maple Place Middle School with 248 students in grades 5–8
  • *Melissa Keiser, principal

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 as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.