The Bradley Beach School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Bradley Beach in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2023âÂÂ24 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 196 students and 33.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâÂÂteacher ratio of 5.8:1.
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-highest 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.
For public school students in ninth through twelfth grades, the school district maintains sending/receiving relationships with the Asbury Park Public Schools and Neptune Township Schools under which the overwhelming majority of Bradley Beach students are sent to Asbury Park High School and the other 7% are sent to Neptune High School. As of the 2023âÂÂ24 school year, Asbury Park High School had an enrollment of 370 students and 36.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâÂÂteacher ratio of 10.3:1. and Neptune High School had an enrollment of 1,102 students and 91.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâÂÂteacher ratio of 12.1:1.
An application program with Red Bank Regional High School or the schools in the Monmouth County Vocational School District are alternatives available for students from the borough attending public high school.
Bradley Beach Elementary School served an enrollment of 196 students in the 2023âÂÂ24 school year. The professional teaching staff includes 40 certified teachers and six paraprofessionals.
Core members of the district's administration are:
The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.