Editing Manchester Township, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
[[File:Front View of MTHS.jpg|thumb|[[Manchester Township High School]]]]
The [[Manchester Township School District]] serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 2,922 students and 277.7 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.5:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3409450&DistrictID=3409450 District information for Manchester Township School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409450 School Data for the Manchester Township School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2021.</ref>) are 
Manchester Township Elementary School<ref>[https://www.manchestertwp.org/mtes Manchester Township Elementary School], Manchester Township School District. Accessed March 7, 2022.</ref> with 565 students in grades K–5, 
Ridgeway Elementary School<ref>[https://www.manchestertwp.org/ridgeway Ridgeway Elementary School], Manchester Township School District. Accessed March 7, 2022.</ref> with 415 students in grades Pre-K–5, 
Whiting Elementary School<ref>[https://www.manchestertwp.org/whiting Whiting Elementary School], Manchester Township School District. Accessed March 7, 2022.</ref> with 248 students in grades Pre-K–5, 
Manchester Township Middle School<ref>[https://www.manchestertwp.org/mtms Manchester Township Middle School], Manchester Township School District. Accessed March 7, 2022.</ref> with 643 students in grades 6–8, 
[[Manchester Township High School]]<ref>[https://www.manchestertwp.org/mths Manchester Township High School], Manchester Township School District. Accessed March 7, 2022.</ref> with 1,000 students in grades 9–12 and 
Regional Day School<ref>[https://www.manchestertwp.org/rds Regional Day School], Manchester Township School District. Accessed March 7, 2022.</ref> with 54 students in grades Pre-K–12, which serves low incidence handicapped children.<ref>[https://www.manchestertwp.org/district About Our District - Our Schools], Manchester Township School District. Accessed March 7, 2022. "We have three elementary schools: Ridgeway Elementary School (Gr. Pre-K-5), Whiting Elementary School (Gr. Pre-K-5), and Manchester Township Elementary School (Gr. K-5). These three schools feed into Manchester Township Middle School (Gr. 6-8), and then to Manchester Township High School (Gr. 9-12). We are also the receiving district for approximately 150 high school students from neighboring Lakehurst Borough. In addition, the district has administrative responsibility for the state Regional Day School (Special Education) located in Jackson, New Jersey."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/29/2940 School Performance Reports for the Manchester Township School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/2940 New Jersey School Directory for the Manchester Township School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Students from neighboring [[Lakehurst, New Jersey|Lakehurst]] attend the district's high school as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Lakehurst School District]].<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/29/2940/040.html Manchester Township High School 2016 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed November 19, 2017. "Manchester Township High School is a four-year comprehensive high school that serves the students of Manchester Township and Lakehurst."</ref> As of 2012, Lakehurst has been considering the possibility of sending its students to [[Jackson Liberty High School]], as part of a prospective agreement with the [[Jackson School District (New Jersey)|Jackson School District]] under which students would gain access to a broader range of academic programs and which could result in annual savings of $400,000 per year off of the $2 million that the Lakehurst district spends annually for the 150 students it sends to the Manchester district.<ref>[http://www.lakehurstschool.org/cms/lib03/NJ01912758/Centricity/Domain/4/Feasibility.pdf A Feasibility Study on the Termination of the Sending-Receiving Agreement Between the Lakehurst Borough Board of Education and the Manchester Township Board of Education], Lakehurst School District, October 26, 2012. Accessed October 21, 2013.</ref><ref>Kyriakakis, Gregory. [http://manchester-nj.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/report-high-school-switch-would-bring-tax-savings-and28ebbfeddb "Report: High School Switch Would Bring Tax Savings to Lakehurst, Potential Hike to Manchester; Study, which says Lakehurst students would have more educational opportunities, now available on Lakehurst Board of Education website"], Manchester Patch, October 16, 2012. Accessed October 21, 2013. "The report estimates that over five years Lakehurst would pay Jackson $2,078,170 less in tuition compared to Manchester. If the switch were to happen, Lakehurst, which typically sends about 150 high school students to Manchester, would save $415,634 per year. That would reduce taxes $0.17 per $100 of assessed valuation, according to the report."</ref>

St. Mary Academy in [[Manahawkin, New Jersey|Manahawkin]], a [[K–8 school]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]], is in the area. From 1997,<ref name=MaryRenameArch>{{cite web|url=https://dioceseoftrenton.org/news/all-saints-regional-school-to-become-st-mary-academy|title=All Saints Regional school to become St. Mary Academy under administration of Barnegat parish |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]]|date=2018-12-19|access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref> until 2019 it operated as All Saints Regional Catholic School and was collectively managed by five churches,<ref name=Heyboerall>{{cite web|author=Heyboer, Kelly|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2019/06/these-are-all-the-nj-catholic-schools-closing-and-merging-this-year.html|title=These are all the N.J. Catholic schools closing and merging this year|newspaper=[[Nj.com]]|date=2019-06-11|access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref> with one being St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Whiting.<ref name=MaryRenameArch/> In 2019 St. Mary Church in [[Barnegat, New Jersey|Barnegat]] took entire control of the school, which remained on the same Manahawkin campus, and changed its name. The other churches no longer operate the school but still may send students there.<ref name=Heyboerall/>