Editing Lake Como, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Belmar School District]] serves students in public school for [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] at Belmar Elementary School.<ref>[https://www.visitmonmouth.com/page.aspx?Id=236 County School list A-D], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. Accessed June 3, 2020.</ref> The district serves both Belmar and Lake Como, a non-operating district.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1213/narrative/25/0270/25-0270-000.html Belmar School District 2013 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed June 3, 2020. "The school also provides for the educational needs of students from the neighboring community of Lake Como, a small interior municipality which has a total area of 0.3 square miles."</ref> As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 471 students and 51.6 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 9.1:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3401410&DistrictID=3401410 District information for Belmar Elementary School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Students from Lake Como attend as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]].<ref name=AboutUs>[http://www.belmar.k12.nj.us/domain/102 About Our School], Belmar Elementary School. Accessed July 29, 2012. "The school district consists of a single school that provides a comprehensive educational program for the 555 students from Belmar and Lake Como (formerly South Belmar), preschool through eighth grade."</ref> The single facility is two schools in one, a primary school for grades preschool through fifth and a middle school organization plan for grades six through eight.

Students attending [[public high school]] are assigned based on [[sending/receiving relationship]]s to either [[Manasquan High School]] in [[Manasquan, New Jersey|Manasquan]] or [[Asbury Park High School]] in [[Asbury Park, New Jersey|Asbury Park]], as part of a plan in which 56% of students re assigned to attend high school in Mansquan and 44% are sent to Asbury Park.<ref name=AboutUs/><ref>Cheslow, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/realestate/living-in-belmar-nj-pushing-back-on-a-rowdy-reputation.html "Living In/Belmar, N.J.; Pushing Back on a Rowdy Reputation"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 20, 2004. Accessed February 1, 2020. "From Belmar Elementary, students are slotted to go to either Manasquan High School or Asbury Park High School, according to a 56-44 percent formula worked out with the New Jersey Department of Education in the late 1940s."</ref> Manasquan High School also serves students from [[Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey|Avon-by-the-Sea]], [[Brielle, New Jersey|Brielle]], [[Sea Girt, New Jersey|Sea Girt]], [[Spring Lake, New Jersey|Spring Lake]], [[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://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/25/2930/000.html Manasquan Public Schools 2015 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed June 3, 2020. "Manasquan High School receives students from seven sending districts; Avon, Belmar, Lake Como, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights, Sea Girt, Brielle, as well as our Manasquan Elementary School students."</ref><ref>[https://www.manasquanschools.org/domain/330 Sending Districts], [[Manasquan Public Schools]]. Accessed June 3, 2020. "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 2018–19 school year, Manasquan High School had an enrollment of 969 students and 72.9 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 13.3:1,<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 April 1, 2020.</ref> while Asbury Park High School had an enrollment of 420 students and 38.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1.<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 April 1, 2020.</ref>

Public school students may also attend [[Red Bank Regional High School]], [[Marine Academy of Science and Technology]], [[Academy of Allied Health & Science]], Academy Charter School, [[High Technology High School]], [[Communications High School]] or [[Biotechnology High School]].<ref name=AboutUs/> They 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, New Jersey|Belmar]], [[Bradley Beach, New Jersey|Bradley Beach]], [[Deal, New Jersey|Deal]], [[Interlaken, New Jersey|Interlaken]] and Lake Como.<ref>[http://www.academycharterhs.org/pages/academycharterhs/Design_Resources/EDT051_Template/Main_Nav/About_Us About Us]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Academy Charter High School]]. Accessed August 27, 2013. "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 August 28, 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>