Editing Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Avon School District (New Jersey)|Avon School District]] serves public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] at Avon Elementary School.<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=94d5781d90e14a75a50af665b7895cec Avon Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Avon School District, updated November 2005. Accessed December 9, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Avon School District. Composition: The Avon School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Avon."</ref><ref>[https://www.visitmonmouth.com/page.aspx?Id=236 County School list A-D], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. Accessed June 16, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0180 New Jersey School Directory for the Avon Boro School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/25/0180 School Performance Reports for the Avon Boro School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 121 students and 17.9 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 6.8:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3401140&DistrictID=3401140 District information for Avon Boro School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> During the 2016–17 school year, Avon was tied with the 23rd smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 158 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.... 23. Avon Borough (tie); Enrollment: 146; Grades: K-8; County: Monmouth; Town population: 1,901"</ref>

For [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s, public school students attend either [[Asbury Park High School]] or [[Manasquan High School]], as part of [[sending/receiving relationship]]s with the respective districts, based on the results of a lottery under which 62.5% of students are sent to Manasquan and 37.5% to Asbury Park.<ref>[https://www.avonschool.com/Page/770 High School Lottery Information], Avon School District. Accessed July 10, 2022. "The Avon-by-the-Sea School District is part of a dual send-receive (Sending District) relationship with both Manasquan High School and Asbury Park High School. Each year, a high school assignment lottery is conducted for all resident students to determine their high school assignment."</ref><ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=5411&id=94d5781d90e14a75a50af665b7895cec Avon Board of Education District Policy 5411 High School Assignment], Avon School District, updated November 2004. Accessed December 9, 2024. "The Superintendent of Schools shall determine the number of eighth grade students to be assigned to each receiving high school by apportioning 37.5% of those pupils to Asbury Park High School and 62.5% to Manasquan High School. Pupils shall have the right to choose to attend either high school based upon a random form of selection made on a lottery basis."</ref><ref>Boyd, Alesha Williams. [https://www.proquest.com/docview/438184023 "School districts likely to see overhaul"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', January 18, 2009. Accessed October 2, 2013. "But Avon Board of Education President John Magrini said he expects that taxpayers in smaller districts would not benefit from regionalization. The 155 students in his K-8 district are sent to Manasquan and Asbury Park high schools through a lottery process after graduating from the elementary district."</ref><ref>Vellucci, Justin, [https://www.proquest.com/docview/437664759 "Judge to review Avon's school sending policy Hearings could be 4 to 6 months away"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', July 23, 2004. Accessed October 2, 2013. "Under a policy approved in May, 62.5 percent of Avon high school students will be assigned to go to Manasquan this fall, while 37.5 percent will go to Asbury Park."</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, Asbury Park High School had an enrollment of 607 students and 50.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.1:1,<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3400930&ID=340093003732 School data for Asbury Park High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

The Manasquan school also serves students from [[Belmar, New Jersey|Belmar]], [[Brielle, New Jersey|Brielle]], [[Lake Como, New Jersey|Lake Como]], [[Sea Girt, New Jersey|Sea Girt]], [[Spring Lake, New Jersey|Spring Lake]], [[Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey|Spring Lake Heights]] who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships with their respective districts.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/report.aspx?type=school&lang=english&county=25&district=2930&school=050&SY=1617&schoolyear=2016-2017 Manasquan Public Schools 2016-17 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 15, 2018. "Students from the communities of Avon, Belmar, Brielle, Lake Como, Manasquan, Sea Girt, Spring Lake, and Spring Lake Heights attended MHS in 2016-2017, amassing an enrollment of 960 students. There were 260 students in the senior class, as well as 256 juniors, 220 sophomores, and 224 freshmen."</ref><ref>[https://www.manasquanschools.org/Page/2140 Sending Districts], [[Manasquan Public Schools]]. Accessed December 9, 2024. " Manasquan High School receives students from seven different districts: Avon, Brielle, Belmar, Lake Como, Sea Girt, Spring Lake, and Spring Lake Heights."</ref> As of the 2022–23 school year, Manasquan High School had an enrollment of 948 students and 82.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.<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 February 1, 2024.</ref>

Students may also apply to academy schools in the [[Monmouth County Vocational School District]], which include the [[Academy of Allied Health & Science]], [[Biotechnology High School]], [[High Technology High School]], [[Marine Academy of Science and Technology]] and [[Communications High School]].<ref>[https://www.mcvsd.org/page/about About], [[Monmouth County Vocational School District]]. Accessed December 9, 2024.</ref> Students also have the option to attend [[Academy Charter High School]] in Lake Como, which accepts students on a lottery basis from the communities of [[Allenhurst, New Jersey|Allenhurst]], Asbury Park, Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, [[Bradley Beach, New Jersey|Bradley Beach]], [[Deal, New Jersey|Deal]], [[Interlaken, New Jersey|Interlaken]] and Lake Como.<ref>[https://academycharterhs.org/about/ About Us], [[Academy Charter High School]]. Accessed December 9, 2024. "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><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 October 3, 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>