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==Education== Students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]] are served by the [[Keansburg School District]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=bab81364080840ae9280dfbb48a595f8 Keansburg Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Keansburg School District. Accessed May 15, 2020. "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 twelve in the Keansburg School District. Composition: The Keansburg School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Keansburg."</ref> The district is one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in ''Abbott v. Burke''<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the ''Abbott v. Burke'' case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."</ref> which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]].<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,642 students and 185.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 8.9:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3407860&DistrictID=3407860 District information for Keansburg School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407860 School Data for the Keansburg School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref>) are: Keansburg Preschool<ref>[https://keansburg.k12.nj.us/Domain/11 Keansburg Preschool] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820075412/https://www.keansburg.k12.nj.us/Domain/11 |date=August 20, 2020 }}, Keansburg School District. Accessed May 15, 2020.</ref> with 199 students in grade Pre-K, Joseph C. Caruso School<ref>[https://keansburg.k12.nj.us/Domain/10 Joseph C. Caruso School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820090116/https://www.keansburg.k12.nj.us/Domain/10 |date=August 20, 2020 }}, Keansburg School District. Accessed May 15, 2020.</ref> with 668 students in grades K–4, Joseph R. Bolger Middle School<ref>[https://keansburg.k12.nj.us/Domain/9 Joseph R. Bolger Middle School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820090220/https://www.keansburg.k12.nj.us/Domain/9 |date=August 20, 2020 }}, Keansburg School District. Accessed May 15, 2020.</ref> with 348 students in grades 6–8 and [[Keansburg High School]]<ref>[https://keansburg.k12.nj.us/Domain/8 Keansburg High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820084121/https://www.keansburg.k12.nj.us/Domain/8 |date=August 20, 2020 }}, Keansburg School District. Accessed May 15, 2020.</ref> with 384 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/2400 New Jersey School Directory for the Keansburg School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> At the start of the 2016–17 school year, the Port Monmouth Road School (which had 501 students in grades Pre-K–2) was closed with the opening of the new Joseph C. Caruso School for grades K–4. The {{convert|122000|sqft|adj=on}} school was constructed at a cost of $51 million.<ref>Spahr, Rob. [http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2014/12/officials_help_break_ground_for_new_keansburg_elementary_school.html "Officials help break ground for new $51 million Keansburg elementary school"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], December 17, 2014. Accessed May 3, 2017. "Schools Development Authorities CEO Charles McKenna, state legislators, local officials and Keansburg School District administrators helped break ground for the future Joseph C. Caruso Elementary School on Tuesday. The new 122,000 square-foot school is expected accommodate 750 kindergarten through fourth grade students and feature 28 general use classrooms, eight kindergarten classrooms, self-contained special education classrooms, a media center, a gymnasium and a cafetorium."</ref>
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