Editing Spring Lake, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Spring Lake School District]] is a public [[school district]] that serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] at H. W. Mountz School.<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=79a28a06074d41d08e444223ca576c50 Spring Lake Borough Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Spring Lake School District, adopted September 25, 2017. Accessed February 5, 2025. "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 Spring Lake Borough School District. Grades nine through twelve students attend Manasquan High School on a sending-receiving relationship. Composition: The Spring Lake Borough School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Spring Lake Borough."</ref><ref>[https://www.visitmonmouth.com/page.aspx?Id=241 County School List S-W], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/25/4980 School Performance Reports for the Spring Lake School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4980 New Jersey School Directory for the Spring Lake School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 142 students and 22.5 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 6.3:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3415570&DistrictID=3415570 District information for Spring Lake Borough], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref> In the 2016–17 school year, Spring Lake had the 43rd smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 197 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.... 43. Spring Lake Borough; Enrollment: 197; Grades: K-8; County: Monmouth County; Town population: 2,993"</ref> In 2015, H.W. Mountz School was one of 15 schools in New Jersey, and one of nine public schools, recognized as a [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|National Blue Ribbon School]] in the exemplary high performing category by the [[United States Department of Education]].<ref>[http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2015/national.pdf#page=15 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private], [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program]]. Accessed November 14, 2016.</ref><ref>Mueller, Mark. [http://www.nj.com/education/2015/09/which_nj_schools_were_picked_as_national_blue_ribb.html "Which N.J. schools were named National Blue Ribbon schools?"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 29, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2016. "Fifteen New Jersey schools have been recognized by the federal government as National Blue Ribbon Schools, a designation that celebrates excellence in academics or progress in closing the achievement gap among groups of students.... Each of the 15 New Jersey schools was chosen for the 'exemplary high performing' category, which weighs state or national tests, high school graduation rates and the performance of subgroups of students, such as those who are economically disadvantaged."</ref>

Students attending public high school for [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s are assigned to [[Manasquan High School]] as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Manasquan Public Schools]]. Manasquan High School also serves students from [[Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey|Avon-by-the-Sea]], [[Belmar, New Jersey|Belmar]], [[Brielle, New Jersey|Brielle]], [[Lake Como, New Jersey|Lake Como]], [[Sea Girt, New Jersey|Sea Girt]] and [[Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey|Spring Lake Heights]] who attend Manasquan High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with their respective districts.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/25/2930/000.html Manasquan School District 2016 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed June 21, 2020. "Manasquan High School receives students from seven sending districts; Avon, Belmar, Brielle, Lake Como, Sea Girt, Spring Lake, and Spring Lake Heights, as well as our Manasquan Elementary School students."</ref><ref>[https://www.manasquanschools.org/Page/2140 Sending Districts], [[Manasquan Public Schools]]. Accessed February 5, 2025. "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."</ref> As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 945 students and 81.2 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.6:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409420&ID=340942003940 School data for Manasquan High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>

Students may also attend one of the [[magnet school]]s in the [[Monmouth County Vocational School District]]—[[Marine Academy of Science and Technology]], [[Academy of Allied Health & Science]], [[High Technology High School]], [[Biotechnology High School]], and [[Communications High School]].<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/2013/narrative/25/4980/25-4980-000.html Spring Lake Borough School District 2013 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed July 18, 2016. "Students in grades 9 through 12 attend Manasquan High School, Wall Township Communications High School, The Academy of Allied Health and Science and various other private and parochial high schools."</ref><ref>[http://www.mcvsd.org/career-academy-policy.html Career Academy Admissions], [[Monmouth County Vocational School District]]. Accessed October 27, 2013.</ref>

Spring Lake students are also served by Saint Catharine School, a [[Catholic school]] that serves students in grades K–8 and operates under the supervision of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]].<ref>[https://stcatharineschool.net/about/ About Us], Saint Catharine School. Accessed March 11, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://dioceseoftrenton.org/schoolfinder School Finder], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]]. Accessed March 11, 2020.</ref> In 2018, the school was one of 18 schools in New Jersey recognized by the [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program]].<ref>[https://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/awardwinners/reports/2018/all_2018_national_blue_ribbon_schools.pdf 2018 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Non-Public Schools], [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program]]. Accessed March 11, 2020.</ref>