As of the 2007/08 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 104 students and 8.0 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio of 13.0.[1]
The district was classified by the
New Jersey Department of Education as being in
District Factor Group "A", the lowest 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]
Schools
Shirley B. Foster Elementary School served 104 students as of the 2007-08 school year.[6]
Administration
Core members of the district's administration were:[7]
none, superintendent
Frank Badessa, business administrator and board secretary
^Osborne, James.
"N.J. to investigate Chesilhurst school district", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 12, 2010. Accessed July 17, 2011. "Up until last year, Chesilhurst functioned as a traditional school district and maintained a single elementary school. In the spring of 2009, the school board voted to close that school and bus its students to Winslow, leaving Chesilhurst to operate in an administrative capacity with a skeleton staff. Chesilhurst, a small district on the edge of the Pinelands, subsequently was declared a non-operating district by the state and set for closure at the end of June 2010."
^Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2010, Chesilhurst Board of Education. Accessed July 17, 2011. "Up through the 2008-2009 fiscal year, the District provided a full range of educational services appropriate to grade levels Pre-K through 6.... Beginning in the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the District entered into a sending/receiving tuition arrangement with Winslow Township Board of Education which included all students."