Editing Deal, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
[[Deal School District]] serves public school students in [[kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] at Deal School.<ref>[https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1676889331/dealschoolorg/gxqx8glkg3opnxgjnqnz/filedownloadashx_50.pdf#page=7 Deal Board of Education District Bylaw 0110 - Identification], Deal School District. Accessed March 11, 2024. "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 Deal School District. Composition: The Deal School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Deal."</ref><ref>[https://www.visitmonmouth.com/page.aspx?Id=236 County School list A-D], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 11, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1000 New Jersey School Directory for the Deal School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/25/1000 School Performance Reports for the Deal Boro School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 11, 2024.</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 160 students and 19.6 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 8.2:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3403630&DistrictID=3403630 District information for Deal Boro School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> In the 2016–17 school year, Deal had the 35th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 165 students.<ref>Guion, Payton. [https://www.nj.com/education/2017/09/njs_smallest_school_districts.html "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 35. Deal - Enrollment: 165; Grades: K-8; County: Monmouth"</ref> In the 2013–2014 school year, nearly 90% of the district's enrollment was from students participating in the [[Interdistrict Public School Choice Program]], for whom the state paid the district $12,500 in supplemental aid per student.<ref>McGlone, Peggy. [https://www.nj.com/education/2014/06/nj_interdistrict_choice_program.html "NJ Interdistrict Choice program shows huge growth but limited reach"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], June 8, 2014, updated March 29, 2019. Accessed February 20, 2020. "The K-8 district in the wealthy Monmouth County Shore town receives almost $2 million in extra state aid, $12,573 for each of its 145 out-of-town Choice students. Only 15 students in the district’s one school live in Deal."</ref>

For [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s, students attend [[Shore Regional High School]], as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]].<ref>[https://www.dealschool.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=802&dataid=840&FileName=Public%20Minutes%20August%2027%202018.pdf Public Minutes August 27, 2018], Deal School District. Accessed October 21, 2018. "Approve the tuition arrangement for the 2018-2019 School Year with Shore Regional High School at a rate of $10,824.32 per pupil for regular education."</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 585 students and 52.6 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.1:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3414940&ID=341494004100 School data for Shore Regional High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Students also have the option to attend [[Academy Charter High School]] in [[Lake Como, New Jersey|Lake Como]], which accepts students on a lottery basis from the communities of [[Allenhurst, New Jersey|Allenhurst]], Asbury Park, [[Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey|Avon-by-the-Sea]], [[Belmar, New Jersey|Belmar]], [[Bradley Beach, New Jersey|Bradley Beach]], Deal, [[Interlaken, New Jersey|Interlaken]] and Lake Como.<ref name=APP2005>Mullen, Shannon; Shields, Nancy; and Matheson, Kathy. [http://www.app.com/article/20050127/NEWS/70827048/Crime-school-solutions-costly-city-seeks-rebirth "Crime, school solutions costly as city seeks rebirth; High school improving, but not enough, many say"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', January 27, 2005. Accessed August 28, 2013. "It was the day of the charter school's annual lottery, when names of applicants are drawn at random to fill the last remaining slots in next fall's freshman class. Academy Charter, now in its seventh year, is free to students in Asbury Park and the seven nearby towns that are sending districts for Asbury Park High School: Allenhurst, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken and Lake Como, formerly South Belmar."</ref><ref>[https://academycharterhs.org/about/ Our Story], [[Academy Charter High School]]. Accessed October 21, 2018. "Academy Charter High School is a free public high school for residents of Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken, and Lake Como."</ref>