Brielle School District

The Brielle School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Brielle, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3][4][5][6]

Brielle School District
Address
605 Union Lane Brielle , Monmouth County, New Jersey, 08730 United States
Coordinates	40°06′45″N 74°03′26″W / 40.112529°N 74.057154°W / 40.112529; -74.057154
District information
Grades	PreK to 8
Superintendent	Stacie Poelstra
Business administrator	Diane Quigley
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	491 (as of 2022–23)^[1]
Faculty	55.0 FTEs^[1]
Student–teacher ratio	8.9:1^[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	GH
Website	www.brielle.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,142 13 $18,891 −14.6% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,512 23 14,159 −4.6% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,672 11 8,659 −11.4% 6 Support Services 2,462 41 2,167 13.6% 8 Administrative Cost 1,415 14 1,547 −8.5% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,754 45 1,612 8.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 173 43 104 66.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 57,250 20 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.^[2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 491 students and 55.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.9:1.^[1]

The district is 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.^[7]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Manasquan High School in Manasquan, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Manasquan Public Schools, joining students from Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Lake Como, Sea Girt, Spring Lake and Spring Lake Heights at the school.^[8][9][10] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,006 students and 76.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1.^[11]

School

Brielle Elementary School serves students in grades PreK-8 and had an enrollment of 509 students in the 2020–21 school year.^[12]

• Stacie Poelstra, principal^[13]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[14][15]

• Stacie Poelstra, superintendent^[13]
• Diane Quigley, business administrator and board secretary^[16]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee 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.^[17][18][19]

References

1. District information for Brielle Boro School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Brielle Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Brielle School District. Accessed December 5, 2022. "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 eight in the Brielle School District. Composition: The Brielle School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Brielle."
4. County School list A-D, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed December 5, 2022.
5. School Performance Reports for the Brielle Boro School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
6. New Jersey School Directory for the Brielle Boro School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
7. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
8. Brielle School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 12, 2017. "Brielle Borough is a shore residential community covering 1.78 square miles in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The Board of Education maintains one school in a K-8 district. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend Manasquan High School."
9. Manasquan Public Schools 2016-17 Report Card Narrative March 16, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 15, 2018. "Students from the communities of Avon, Belmar, Brielle, Lake Como, Manasquan, Sea Girt, Spring Lake, and Spring Lake Heights attended MHS in 2016-2017, amassing an enrollment of 960 students. There were 260 students in the senior class, as well as 256 juniors, 220 sophomores, and 224 freshmen."
10. Sending Districts, Manasquan Public Schools. Accessed May 29, 2016. "Manasquan High School receives students from seven different districts; Avon, Brielle, Belmar, Lake Como, Sea Girt, Spring Lake, and Spring Lake Heights. Including our Manasquan students, the high school population is just under one thousand students."
11. School data for Manasquan High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
12. School Data for the Brielle Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
13. A Message From the Superintendent's Office, Brielle Elementary School. Accessed December 5, 2022.
14. 2019-2020 Student Handbook, Brielle School District. Accessed February 9, 2020.
15. New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
16. Business Administrator, Brielle Elementary School. Accessed December 5, 2022.
17. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
18. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Brielle School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 9, 2024. "The Board is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District."
19. Board of Education, Brielle School District. Accessed December 5, 2022.

External links

• Brielle Elementary School
• School Performance Reports for the Brielle School District, New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Brielle School District, National Center for Education Statistics