As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,216 students and 126.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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]
History
Plumsted Township voters approved a December 1997 referendum under which $16.5 million would be borrowed to build new school facilities, while the existing middle school would be converted for use as a high school.[5] Later that month, the commissioner of Education approved the withdrawal, as the feasibility study prepared showed no negative financial impact to either district and would not substantially impact the racial makeup of the students enrolled at Allentown High School.[6] The high school opened its doors in September 1999 and admitted 100 ninth-graders who would graduate in spring 2003, ending a sending/receiving relationship that had existed for more than 50 years with the Upper Freehold Regional School District under which students from the township attended Allentown High School.[7]
Core members of the district's administration are:[17][18]
Michelle Halperin-Krain, superintendent
Sean Gately, business administrator and board secretary
Board of education
The district's board of education, comprised of nine members,[contradictory] 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 either two or 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]
^Plumsted Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Plumsted Township School District. Accessed May 17, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Plumsted Township School District. Composition: The Plumsted Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Plumsted Township."
^Woodberry Jr., Warren. "Planning begins now that Plumsted High School has OK", Asbury Park Press, December 28, 1997. Accessed April 14, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "With the township's approval Dec. 16 of a $16.5 million bond referendum to convert the New Egypt Middle School on Evergreen Road into a high school, district officials are now developing plans for the kind of school they, parents and students want built..... For more than 50 years, high school students here have attended Allentown High School as part of a sending-receiving relationship with the Upper Freehold Regional School District. The state Department of Education must first approve the Plumsted school district's plan to withdraw 400 students from Allentown. The new school is planned to be operating by September 1999."
^Vosseller, Bob. "NHS receives high praise for curriculum", The New Egypt Press, September 14, 1999. Accessed August 12, 2014. "History will be made this week when 100 ninth-graders enter the New Egypt High School marking its inaugural class. Two years ago Plumsted Township voters in a strong majority vote withdrew from Allentown High School in the Upper Freehold Regional School District through a referendum vote."
^Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Plumsted Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed May 7, 2024. "The School District is a Type II district located in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education (the Board). The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members’ terms expire each year. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades kindergarten through twelfth." See "Roster of Officials" on page 14.
