Editing Loch Arbour, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
Since the 1960s, Loch Arbour had been a part of the [[Ocean Township School District (Monmouth County, New Jersey)|Ocean Township School District]], a consolidated public school district serving students in [[kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]] from both Loch Arbour and [[Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey|Ocean Township]].<ref name=FAQ>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170211111502/http://www.locharbournj.us/locharbourfaqs.html Frequently Asked Questions], Borough of Loch Arbour, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of February 11, 2017. Accessed August 1, 2018. "Where do Village children attend school? The Village of Loch Arbour has a send-receive relationship with the West Long Branch School (Grades pre-K-8) and the Shore Regional High School (Grades 9-12).""</ref><ref>DeNicola, Linda. [http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2005/0428/Front_page/031.html "Ocean Township voters approve school budget: Taxes will rise 3.3 percent in Ocean, decrease in Loch Arbour"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110131306/http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2005/0428/Front_Page/031.html |date=November 10, 2006 }}, ''Atlanticville'', April 28, 2005. Accessed July 21, 2008.</ref>

At the end of the 2016–2017 school year, Loch Arbour left the Ocean Township district after getting approval from the New Jersey Department of Education and the approval of a referendum by over 95% of voters. With 14 public school students and school property taxes of $2 million, Loch Arbour had been paying an average of $143,000 per pupil under the old arrangement, while Ocean Township residents paid only $16,000 per pupil. Under new [[sending/receiving relationship]]s established with the West Long Branch district for Pre-K–8 and Shore Regional for 9–12, Loch Arbour pays tuition to each district based on the number of students.<ref>Spahr, Rob. [http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2017/04/shore_town_votes_to_leave_longtime_school_district.html#incart_river_mobile_home_pop "Shore town votes to leave longtime school district"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], April 5, 2017. Accessed April 16, 2017. "According to unofficial results posted by the Monmouth County Clerk's Office, Loch Arbour residents voted - by a margin of 93 to 4 - to withdraw from the Ocean Township School District and enter into 'send-receive' relationships with the West Long Branch and Shore Regional school districts.... The commissioners explained that Loch Arbour pays approximately $126,000 to educate a single student in Ocean Township, when it could educate the same student in West Long Branch and Shore Regional for approximately $16,000 per student."</ref><ref>Radel, Dan. [https://www.app.com/story/news/education/2017/04/04/loch-arbour-votes-leave-ocean-twp-school-district/100031872/ "Loch Arbour votes to leave Ocean Twp. schools"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', April 4, 2017. Accessed August 1, 2018. "Village voters have decided by an overwhelming margin to leave the Ocean Township School District and forge a (cheaper) different path. The tally Tuesday was 93 in favor to 4 opposed, according to the unofficial results from the Office of the Monmouth County Clerk.... The village's per-pupil education cost for Ocean Township now totals about $143,000, according to Mayor Paul Fernicola. He said the village will instead send students to West Long Branch and Shore Regional High School on a per-pupil tuition rate, not yet determined, that is substantially less than the current tab."</ref><ref name=FAQ/>

The [[West Long Branch Public Schools]] serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]].<ref>[https://www.wlbschools.com/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=3897&dataid=8592&FileName=0110%20Identification.pdf West Long Branch Board of Eeucation District Policy 0110 - Identification], West Long Branch Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023. "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 West Long Branch School District. Composition: The West Long Branch School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of West Long Branch."</ref> Students from [[Allenhurst, New Jersey|Allenhurst]] and [[Interlaken, New Jersey|Interlaken]] also attend the district's school as part of sending/receiving relationships, in which students attend on a tuition basis.<ref>Stine, Don. [https://thecoaster.net/wordpress/allenhurst-ends-sending-receiving-relationship-with-asbury-park-school-district/ "Allenhurst Ends Sending-Receiving Relationship with Asbury Park School District"], ''The Coaster'', August 7, 2017. "Allenhurst is following in the footsteps of its two neighboring towns and will begin to send its students to West Long Branch Elementary School and to Shore Regional High School on a per-pupil tuition basis. Board of Education President Larry O’Rourke said that Allenhurst school board officials saw Interlaken and Loch Arbour recently make the same move with permission of state Acting-Commissioner of Education Kimberly Harrington.... O’Rourke said Allenhurst has about 38 school-age children and that some may be able to start attending their new schools this September but he added that no contracts with the two schools have yet been signed."</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 551 students and 61.5 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 9.0:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3417490&DistrictID=3417490 District information for West Long Branch School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417490 School Data for the West Long Branch Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
Betty McElmon Elementary School<ref>[https://www.wlbschools.com/Domain/127 Betty McElmon Elementary School], West Long Branch School District. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> with 330 students in pre-Kindergarten through fourth grade and 
Frank Antonides School<ref>[https://www.wlbschools.com/Domain/38 Frank Antonides School], West Long Branch School District. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> with 214 students in fifth through eighth grades.<ref>[https://co.monmouth.nj.us/page.aspx?Id=241 County School List S-W], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/25/5640 School Performance Reports for the West Long Branch School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/5640 New Jersey School Directory for the West Long Branch Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

For [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s, public school students attend [[Shore Regional High School]], a regional high school located in West Long Branch that also serves students from the constituent districts of [[Monmouth Beach, New Jersey|Monmouth Beach]], [[Oceanport, New Jersey|Oceanport]] and [[Sea Bright, New Jersey|Sea Bright]].<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/25/4760/000.html Shore Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 11, 2020. "Shore Regional High School, located in West Long Branch, Monmouth County New Jersey, is a comprehensive secondary school that proudly serves the communities of Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright, and West Long Branch. The beautiful ten-acre campus is situated on the banks of Franklin Lake in the borough of West Long Branch."</ref><ref>Walter, Kenny. [https://www1.gmnews.com/2013/04/04/srhs-15-7m-budget-calls-for-flat-tax-levy/ "SRHS $15.7M budget calls for flat tax levy; School taxes decrease for three of four sending towns"], ''The Hub'', April 4, 2013. Accessed January 28, 2017. "Three of the four sending districts that comprise the Shore Regional High School District — Oceanport, Monmouth Beach and West Long Branch — will pay less in taxes for the 2013-14 school year. Taxes will increase, however, for property owners in Sea Bright, which will pay a higher percentage of the regional school budget."</ref> The high school is part of the Shore Regional High School District. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 613 students and 55.7 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.0:1.<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 December 1, 2022.</ref>