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Fair Haven Public Schools

The Fair Haven Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Fair Haven, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. stateofNew Jersey.^[3]

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 966 students and 88.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.^[4]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, together with students from Rumson, where the school is located.^[5][6][7] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 983 students and 84.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1.^[8] In 2016, Newsweek ranked RFH the 144th best high school in the United States.^[9]

Schools[edit]

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[10]) are:^{[11][12][13][14]}

• Viola L. Sickles School^[15] wit 401 students in grades PreK-3
  • Marilyn Schwartz, principal^[16]
• Knollwood School^[17] with 564 students in grades 4-8
  • Amy Romano, principal^[16]

Administration[edit]

Core members of the district's administration are:^[16][18]

• Sean McNeil, superintendent
• David Joye, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education[edit]

The district's board of education, composed 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 district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[19][20][21]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Fair Haven Public Schools
• School Performance Reports for the Fair Haven Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Fair Haven Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District