Spring Lake Heights School District

Public school district · Monmouth County · New Jersey · NCES district ID 3415600

Spring Lake Heights School District spent $26,408 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 56% of the other New Jersey districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $25,869). Its one school enrolled 292 students in 2024-25; 19.1% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $32,917 per student, up 24.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among New Jersey districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Spring Lake Heights in enrollment (300 to 322 students) and Spring Lake Heights itself.

Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to Spring Lake Heights, FY23Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools $63,559; Hunterdon County Vocational $30,860; Montague Township $30,188; Pohatcong Township $26,903; Spring Lake Heights $26,408; Englewood on the Palisades Charter School $25,102; Deerfield Township $24,784; Stanhope $24,470; Hoboken Charter School $22,603; Millville Public Charter School $17,877; State median, under 1,000 students $25,869.020k40k60k80kSomerset County Vocational & T…$63,559Hunterdon County Vocational$30,860Montague Township$30,188Pohatcong Township$26,903Spring Lake Heights$26,408Englewood on the Palisades Cha…$25,102Deerfield Township$24,784Stanhope$24,470Hoboken Charter School$22,603Millville Public Charter School$17,877State median, under 1,000 students $25,869
Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to Spring Lake Heights, FY23Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools $63,559; Hunterdon County Vocational $30,860; Montague Township $30,188; Pohatcong Township $26,903; Spring Lake Heights $26,408; Englewood on the Palisades Charter School $25,102; Deerfield Township $24,784; Stanhope $24,470; Hoboken Charter School $22,603; Millville Public Charter School $17,877; State median, under 1,000 students $25,869.020k40k60k80kSomerset County Vocational & Techni…$63,559Hunterdon County Vocational$30,860Montague Township$30,188Pohatcong Township$26,903Spring Lake Heights$26,408Englewood on the Palisades Charter …$25,102Deerfield Township$24,784Stanhope$24,470Hoboken Charter School$22,603Millville Public Charter School$17,877State median, under 1,000 students $25,869
Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to Spring Lake Heights, FY23Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools $63,559; Hunterdon County Vocational $30,860; Montague Township $30,188; Pohatcong Township $26,903; Spring Lake Heights $26,408; Englewood on the Palisades Charter School $25,102; Deerfield Township $24,784; Stanhope $24,470; Hoboken Charter School $22,603; Millville Public Charter School $17,877; State median, under 1,000 students $25,869.040k80kSomerset County Vocational & Technical Scho…$63,559Hunterdon County Vocational$30,860Montague Township$30,188Pohatcong Township$26,903Spring Lake Heights$26,408Englewood on the Palisades Charter School$25,102Deerfield Township$24,784Stanhope$24,470Hoboken Charter School$22,603Millville Public Charter School$17,877State median, under 1,000 students $25,869
Current spending per student, New Jersey districts closest in size to Spring Lake Heights, FY23Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools $63,559; Hunterdon County Vocational $30,860; Montague Township $30,188; Pohatcong Township $26,903; Spring Lake Heights $26,408; Englewood on the Palisades Charter School $25,102; Deerfield Township $24,784; Stanhope $24,470; Hoboken Charter School $22,603; Millville Public Charter School $17,877; State median, under 1,000 students $25,869.040k80kSomerset County Vocational & Technical…$63,559Hunterdon County Vocational$30,860Montague Township$30,188Pohatcong Township$26,903Spring Lake Heights$26,408Englewood on the Palisades Charter Scho…$25,102Deerfield Township$24,784Stanhope$24,470Hoboken Charter School$22,603Millville Public Charter School$17,877State median, under 1,000 students $25,869

Where the money came from

$12,740,000 in revenue: 19.1% state, 78.0% local and 2.9% federal. Total spending including $785,000 of capital outlay was $13,026,000, or $41,884 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Spring Lake Heights School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $2,431,000; Local $9,934,000; Federal $375,000; total $12,740,000.
  • State$2,431,000 19%
  • Local$9,934,000 78%
  • Federal$375,000 3%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 320 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

307 students in 2022-23, 262 students in 2023-24, 292 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Spring Lake Heights School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 307, 2023-24: 262, 2024-25: 29201002003004002022-233072023-242622024-25292
Spring Lake Heights School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 307, 2023-24: 262, 2024-25: 29201002003004002022-233072023-242622024-25292
Spring Lake Heights School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 307, 2023-24: 262, 2024-25: 29201002003004002022-233072023-242622024-25292
Spring Lake Heights School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 307, 2023-24: 262, 2024-25: 29201002003004002022-233072023-242622024-25292

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2330739.87.7
2023-2426240.36.5
2024-2529243.36.7

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Spring Lake Heights School District scored proficient or above: 65-69% in reading and 45-49% in math, against 48.6% in reading and 35.5% in math across New Jersey. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within New Jersey, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtNew JerseyStudents tested
Reading and language arts65-69%48.6%
Math45-49%35.5%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

1 elementary school, 292 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Spring Lake Heights Elementary School2926.77.5%Targeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Spring Lake Heights School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Spring Lake Heights School District

  1. New Jersey districts by spending per studentSpring Lake Heights School District ranks 142 of 320 New Jersey districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($26,408).#142 of 320
  2. Every school district in New JerseySpring Lake Heights School District is the number 546 by size of 672 New Jersey districts, with 311 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#546 of 672
  3. Union County Educational Services CommissionThe next larger New Jersey district: 312 students in fall 2022.
  4. Millville Public Charter SchoolThe next smaller New Jersey district: 310 students in fall 2022, $17,877 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,877
  5. Compare Spring Lake Heights School District with Union County Educational Services CommissionEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Spring Lake Heights School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Spring Lake Heights School District?
    One school was open in 2024-25 (1 elementary), enrolling 292 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Spring Lake Heights School District spend per student?
    $26,408 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the New Jersey median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $25,869 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $32,917 per student, up 24.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Spring Lake Heights School District's money come from?
    $12,740,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 19.1% state, 78.0% local and 2.9% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Spring Lake Heights School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 32 of the 582 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 5.5%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Spring Lake Heights School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Spring Lake Heights School District scored proficient or above: 65-69% in reading and 45-49% in math, against 48.6% in reading and 35.5% in math across New Jersey. New Jersey's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Spring Lake Heights School District's NCES district ID?
    3415600. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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