Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District
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1 Crest Way
, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 07747United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°24′40″N 74°14′22″W / 40.411042°N 74.239377°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | K-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Nelyda Perez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Lindsey Case | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 3,950 (as of 2022–23)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 352.3 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 11.2:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | FG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District is a regional public school district in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district serves students for pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the communities of Aberdeen Township and Matawan Borough.[3][4] The district is a comprehensive system with seven schools, which includes one preschool for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, three elementary schools for grades PreK–3, one school for grades 4–5, one middle school for grades 6–8 and a high school for grades 9–12.
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of seven schools, had an enrollment of 3,950 students and 352.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.[5]
The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Central Offices are located at 1 Crest Way, in Aberdeen.
In 2015, New Jersey Superior Court judge David F. Bauman dismissed a case filed against the district filed by a student of the district and by the American Humanist Association that argued that a discriminatory climate was created by the inclusion of the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance recited by students, making non-believers "second-class citizens" by elevating religious belief. He noted; "As a matter of historical tradition, the words 'under God' can no more be expunged from the national consciousness than the words 'In God We Trust' from every coin in the land, than the words 'so help me God' from every presidential oath since 1789, or than the prayer that has opened every congressional session of legislative business since 1787."[6][7]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10][11]
- Preschool
- Elementary schools
- Cliffwood Elementary School[14] with 369 students in grades PreK–3
- Christine Cherence, principal[15]
- Ravine Drive Elementary School[16] with 399 students in grades PreK–3
- Sean D. Cronin, principal[17]
- Strathmore Elementary School[18] with 461 students in grades PreK–3
- Joseph Jerabek, principal[19]
- Lloyd Road Elementary School[20] with 528 students in grades 4–5
- John Bombardier, principal[21]
- Middle school
- High school
- Matawan Regional High School[24] with 1,154 students in grades 9-12
- Michael C. Wells, principal[25]
