Brigantine Public Schools

The Brigantine Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Brigantine, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The district is governed by the Brigantine Board of Education and operates as a Type 1 school district. The School Board consists of seven members who are appointed to three-year terms by the Mayor, the Council and the City Manager on a staggered basis.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 819 students and 71.00 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.54., National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 4, 2011.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth 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., New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.

Students in public school for grades 9-12, along with those from Longport, Margate City and Ventnor City, attend Atlantic City High School in neighboring Atlantic City, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Atlantic......
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