Wall Township Public Schools
School district in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
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The Wall Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Wall Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]
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1620 18th Avenue
, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 07719United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.17123°N 74.019604°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Tracy Handerhan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Brian Smyth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 3,215 (as of 2024–25)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 347.3 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 9.3:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | GH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of the 2024–25 school year, the district, comprised of seven schools, had an enrollment of 3,215 students and 347.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.3:1.[1]
History
Constructed at a cost of $2 million (equivalent to $22.1 million in 2025) and designed to accommodate up to 1,260 students, the district constructed its own high school that opened in September 1959 for grades 7–11 with an enrollment of 900. Students in twelfth grade that year attended Manasquan High School, which had served Wall Township as part of a sending/receiving relationship that was ended due to overcrowding at the Manasquan school.[4][5]
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.[6]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2024–25 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9][10][11][12]
- Special education
- Elementary schools
- Allenwood Elementary School[15] with 381 students in grades K–5
- James Sterenczak, principal[16]
- Central Elementary School[17] with 494 students in grades K–5
- Efstratios Monafis, principal[18]
- Old Mill Elementary School[19] with 396 students in grades K–5
- Jill Antoniello, principal[20]
- West Belmar Elementary School[21] with 171 students in grades K–5
- Anthony Abeal, principal[22]
- Middle school
- High school
- Wall High School[25] with 924 students in grades 9–12
- Kevin Davis, principal[26]
Administration
Board of education
The district's board of education, composed of nine members, sets policy and oversees 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.[30][31][32]