Stone Harbor School District

Stone Harbor School District
Address
275 93rd Street
, Cape May County, New Jersey, 08247
United States
Coordinates39°03′22″N 74°45′31″W / 39.056039°N 74.758565°W / 39.056039; -74.758565
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentKathleen Fox
Business administratorLinda Fiori
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment78 (as of 2023–24)
Faculty9.7 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio8.1:1
Other information
District Factor GroupFG
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-8
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$33,30170$18,89176.3%
1Budgetary Cost26,5046914,15987.2%
2Classroom Instruction16,226708,65987.4%
6Support Services4,634672,167113.8%
8Administrative Cost1,826541,54718.0%
10Operations & Maintenance3,649681,612126.4%
13Extracurricular Activities1323310426.9%
16Median Teacher Salary78,7797161,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Stone Harbor School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Stone Harbor, in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 78 students and 9.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.1:1.

The Avalon and Stone Harbor school districts operate like a single school district even though they are legally two separate districts; they can move teachers between the two schools. In terms of their student populations both districts having among the lowest numbers in New Jersey. As of 2013 both school districts have a single school bus. The property tax rates are 5 cents per $100 of assessed value, relatively low in the state, as the two districts have substantial taxable rateables of summer houses.

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Middle Township High School in Cape May Court House, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Middle Township Public Schools, together with students from Avalon, Dennis Township and Woodbine. As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 825 students and 66.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1.