Little Silver School District

Little Silver School District
Address
124 Willow Drive
, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 07739
United States
Coordinates40°19′58″N 74°02′29″W / 40.332788°N 74.041401°W / 40.332788; -74.041401
District information
Gradespre-K to 8
SuperintendentEric Platt
Business administratorCaryn Anderson
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment776 (as of 2021–22)
Faculty77.8 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio10.0:1
Other information
District Factor GroupJ
Websitewww.littlesilverschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,07838$18,891−9.6%
1Budgetary Cost12,6572014,159−10.6%
2Classroom Instruction7,638168,659−11.8%
6Support Services1,965352,167−9.3%
8Administrative Cost1,469301,547−5.0%
10Operations & Maintenance1,337241,612−17.1%
13Extracurricular Activities107531042.9%
16Median Teacher Salary60,4653561,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Little Silver School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Little Silver, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 776 students and 77.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the-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, students attend Red Bank Regional High School, which serves students from the boroughs of Little Silver, Red Bank and Shrewsbury, along with students in the district's academy programs from other communities who are eligible to attend on a tuition basis. Students from other Monmouth County municipalities are eligible to attend the high school for its performing arts program, with admission on a competitive basis. The borough has two elected representatives on the nine-member board of education. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,247 students and 117.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6:1.