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Bay Head, New Jersey - 1 schools
At $29,469 per pupil, Bay Head Borough School District ranks #91 of 649 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending (New Jersey districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Bay Head Borough School District operates 1 public schools serving 125 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Jersey. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Ocean County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $29,469 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 649 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending. See how New Jersey compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 78.9% local, 15.9% state, and 5.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 125:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 11.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.6% White, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bay Head Elementary, enrolling 125 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Bay Head Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Bay Head Borough School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bay Head Borough School District a distant remainder — means Bay Head Borough School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Bay Head Borough School District student-counselor ratio is 125:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Bay Head Borough School District chronic absenteeism rate is 11.2% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Bay Head Borough School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Bay Head Borough School District?
Bay Head Borough School District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 125 students.
How much does Bay Head Borough School District spend per student?
Bay Head Borough School District spends $29,469 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Bay Head Borough School District?
Bay Head Borough School District students are 89.6% White, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.