Wall Township Public Schools

The Wall Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Wall Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

Wall Township Public Schools
Address
1620 18th Avenue Wall Township , Monmouth County, New Jersey, 07719 United States
Coordinates	40.17123°N 74.019604°W / 40.17123; -74.019604
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Tracy Handerhan
Business administrator	Brian Smyth
Schools	7
Students and staff
Enrollment	3,319 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	377.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	8.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	GH
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,657 57 $18,891 −1.2% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,723 58 14,783 −0.4% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,819 56 8,763 0.6% 6 Support Services 2,104 42 2,392 −12.0% 8 Administrative Cost 1,554 70 1,485 4.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,786 66 1,783 0.2% 13 Extracurricular Activities 328 83 268 22.4% 16 Median Teacher Salary 59,300 23 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising seven schools, had an enrollment of 3,319 students and 377.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.8:1.^[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.^[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[5]) are:^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Special education

• Wall Primary School^[11] with 51 students in grades PreK
  • Erin Embon, principal^[12]

Elementary schools

• Allenwood Elementary School^[13] with 402 students in grades K-5
  • Erin O'Connell, principal^[14]
• Central Elementary School^[15] with 495 students in grades K-5
  • Efstratios Monafis, Acting principal^[16]
• Old Mill Elementary School^[17] with 357 students in grades K-5
  • Jill Antoniello, principal^[18]
• West Belmar Elementary School^[19] with 116981 students in grades K-5
  • Anthony Abeal, principal^[20]

Middle school

• Wall Intermediate School^[21] with 777 students in grades 6–8
  • Eric Laughlin, principal^[22]

High school

• Wall High School^[23] with 1,052 students in grades 9–12
  • Peter Righi , Acting principal^[24]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[10][25]

• Tracy Handerhan, superintendent^[26]
• Brian Smyth, business administrator and board secretary^[27]

Board of education

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.^[28][29][30]