Barnegat Township School District
The Barnegat Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Barnegat Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 3,583 students and 272.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the third-lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. Schools Schools in the district (with 2021-22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: Elementary schools Lillian M. Dunfee Elementary School with 293 students in PreK Jennifer Froehlich, principal Cecil S. Collins Elementary School with 759 students in grades K-2 Patrick Magee, principal Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School with 479 students in grades 3-4 Regina Santolla, principal Robert L. Horbelt Elementary School with 498 students in grades 5-6 Joseph Saxton, principal Middle school Russell