title: Bay Head School District
text: # Bay Head School District
  
  The Bay Head School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Bay Head, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
  
  As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 130 students and 11.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1. The district has been ranked as one of the smallest in the state.
  
  The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.
  
  Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Point Pleasant Beach High School in Point Pleasant Beach, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Point Pleasant Beach School District, together with students from Lavallette and Mantoloking. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 373 students and 36.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
  
  ## History
  
  Bay Head School was flooded in October 2012 when Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey. First Response Disaster Restoration Specialists mobilized from Indiana to expedite the restoration process.
  
  ## School
  
  Bay Head Elementary School had an enrollment of 130 students in the 2021–22 school year.
  
  * Frank Camardo, principal
  
  ## Administration
  
  Core members of the district's administration are:
  
  * Dr. Pete Morris, superintendent
  * Pat Christopher, business administrator and board secretary
  
  ## Board of education
  
  The district's board of education is comprised of five members who set policy and oversee 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 either one or two 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.
  
  