Shore Regional High School is a regional public high school and school district serving students from four communities in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The high school serves students from the constituent municipalities of Allenhurst, Interlaken, Loch Arbour, Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright and West Long Branch, where the school is located.Shore Regional High School District District Policy 0110 - Identification Shore Regional High School, adopted July 25, 2024. Accessed March 5, 2026."Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Shore Regional High School District. Composition: The Shore Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Loch Arbour, Allenhurst, Interlaken, West Long Branch, Sea Bright, Oceanport, and Monmouth Beach." The school is the only facility of the Shore Regional High School District.County School List S-W, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.School Performance Reports for the Shore Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2025.New Jersey School Directory for the Shore Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
Students from Interlaken attend public school in the West Long Branch Public Schools for K-8 and Shore Regional High School for grades 9–12, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the districts in which students attend on a tuition basis, having ended a longstanding relationship with the Asbury Park Public Schools,Letter to Interlaken Residents, Interlaken Board of Education, August 1, 2011. Accessed October 16, 2011. "The Interlaken Board of Education is pleased to announce an additional tuition-based, per-pupil, sending-receiving school option for our children. In addition to the choice to send your children to the Asbury Park Public Schools (K-12), residents now have the choice to attend West Long Branch Public Schools (K-8) and Shore Regional High School (9-12) pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This educational option will be effective September 1, 2011."Oglesby, Amanda. "Interlaken breaks ties with Asbury Park schools", Asbury Park Press, July 31, 2014. Accessed March 5, 2026. "Borough students have attended West Long Branch schools and Shore Regional High School for a number of years, but finally received formal approval of the three districts' agreement two weeks ago. Despite attending both schools for years, Interlaken students were still in a send-receive relationship with Asbury Park School District, an agreement that has existed for decades, according to Jennifer Osborne, an attorney who represents Interlaken's Board of Education." as do students from Loch Arbour, who began attending schools in West Long Branch for K-8 and Shore Regional for 9–12 starting in the 2017–18 school year, after leaving the Ocean Township School District.Radel, Dan. "Loch Arbour votes to leave Ocean Twp. schools", Asbury Park Press, April 4, 2017. Accessed August 1, 2018. "Village voters have decided by an overwhelming margin to leave the Ocean Township School District and forge a (cheaper) different path. The tally Tuesday was 93 in favor to 4 opposed, according to the unofficial results from the Office of the Monmouth County Clerk.... The village's per-pupil education cost for Ocean Township now totals about $143,000, according to Mayor Paul Fernicola. He said the village will instead send students to West Long Branch and Shore Regional High School on a per-pupil tuition rate, not yet determined, that is substantially less than the current tab."Frequently Asked Questions, Borough of Loch Arbour. Accessed August 1, 2018. "Where do Village children attend school? The Village of Loch Arbour has a send-receive relationship with the West Long Branch School (Grades pre-K-8) and the Shore Regional High School (Grades 9-12)." Students from Deal attended the Deal School District for K-8 and then attend Shore Regional following the termination of its previous agreement with Asbury Park.Reorganization Agenda January 7, 2016, Shore Regional High School. Accessed October 21, 2018. "Whereas, the content of the announcement was to advise the public that the Deal Board of Education filed a Petition of Appeal with the Commissioner of Education to sever its Sending-Receiving Relationship with the Asbury Park Board of Education, and to establish a new Sending-Receiving Relationship with the Shore Regional High School Board of Education"
Shore Regional High School has been an IB World School since April 2007, offering students the IB Diploma Programme.Shore Regional High School, International Baccalaureate Organization. Accessed August 14, 2008. The school is accredited until July 2026 and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1969;Shore Regional High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 22, 2024. The school's accreditation status was extended for seven years in Fall 2018.MSA-CESS Fall 2018 Accreditation Actions, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools, Fall 2018. Accessed December 22, 2024.
As of the 2024–25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 556 students and 52.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1. There were 76 students (13.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 8 (1.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Shore Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.
History Although a regional district had previously been discussed, the efforts to create the high school gained momentum after the four districts were notified by the Long Branch Public Schools that its students could not be accepted at Long Branch High School after 1965."4 Boards to Survey Enrollment Data", Asbury Park Press, April 28, 1959. Accessed April 2, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The four districts, Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright, and West Long Branch, now send their high school students to Long Branch. The Long Branch Board has given notice that it can accept no more pupils from the sending districts after 1965 when its contract with them expires. Long Branch has said it would prefer the districts stop sending sooner, if possible. Earl B. Garrison, Monmouth County superintendent of schools, who has been conducting the meetings of the four Boards, said he found them more receptive to the idea of a regional high school last night than in the past." Voters in all four municipalities approved a March 1960 referendum to establish the district."4 Towns Approve Regional District", Red Bank Register, March 30, 1960. Accessed April 2, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Voters in Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach, Oceanport and West Long Branch yesterday gave overwhelming approval to formation of a new regional high school board of education. Approval was required in each municipality." The "Shore Regional High School" name was adopted in June 1960, though the public was reassured that the name could be updated "if it is found unsatisfactory"."New Board Adopts Name For School", Asbury Park Press, June 17, 1960. Accessed April 2, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The new nine-member Monmouth Beach, Ocean-port, Sea Bright, West Long Branch school Board last night tentatively adopted the name "Shore Regional High School" Board of Education. The name is subject to the approval of Monmouth County School Superintendent Earl B. Garrison. 'And it can be changed later, if it is found unsatisfactory,' Peter Cooper, Board president, from West Long Branch, said."
By a 70%-30% margin, voters approved a March 1961 referendum that allocated $2.2 million (equivalent to $ million in ) towards the costs of construction of a facility that would accommodate 1,000 students for the 1962-63 school year."Regional Plan Given Rousing Confidence Vote", Red Bank Register, March 22, 1961. Accessed April 2, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "A rousing vote of confidence was given by voters in four municipalities yesterday to planners of the $2,218,000 Shore Regional High School. It is planned to have the 43-room school ready for occupancy by about 1,000 in September, 1962. Voters in West Long Branch, Oceanport, Monmouth Beach and Sea Bright voted 952 to 377 to approve the school."
The high school opened in September 1962 for grades 9-11, with seniors remaining at Long Branch High School, which was able to end double sessions."Single Sessions at Long Branch", Red Bank Register, September 5, 1962. Accessed April 2, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "An estimated 1,560 students are scheduled to enroll at Long Branch High School Friday when the school returns to its first single session program in more than five years. The student population figure will be about 500 less than last year when the school was operating on double sessions schedule. The enrollment reduction is due to the planned opening of Shore Regional High School this September, which will house the ninth, 10th and 11th grade students from Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright and West Long Branch who have attended Long Branch High School on a tuition basis."Walter, Kenny. "Shore Regional H.S. marks 50 years", The Hub, February 9, 2012, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 8, 2015. Accessed June 7, 2016. "Andrew Ker, Shore Regional School District public information officer, explained that the 50th anniversary celebration started in 2011 and will conclude next October.... 'The doors opened to the school in 1962. The construction was finalized in 1961 and the first school year was 1962.'"
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 22, 2024.
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