The Little Egg Harbor Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Little Egg Harbor Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Little Egg Harbor Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Little Egg Harbor Township School District, revised July 19, 2005. Accessed April 7, 2026. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-K through sixth in the Little Egg Harbor School District. Composition: The Little Egg Harbor School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Little Egg Harbor." The district also serves Bass River Township, a non-operating district whose students attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship that started in the 2020–21 school year.Lowe, Claire."Bass River Township students to attend Little Egg Harbor schools next year",The Press of Atlantic City, April 6, 2020. Accessed April 10, 2026. "Students from Bass River Township will attend Little Egg Harbor Schools next year as financial and academic challenges have crippled the district’s ability to operate.... The decision to enter into an agreement with Little Egg Harbor Township was reached at a March 25 school board meeting and will go into effect on July 1."Home Page, Bass River School District. Accessed April 7, 2026. "Bass River and Little Egg Harbor agreed to a send / receive relationship and all Bass River elementary aged students attend Little Egg Harbor Schools. As a result, Bass River has become a non-operating school district and the Bass River Board of Education remains active."
As of the 2024–25 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,680 students and 136.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.District information for Little Egg Harbor Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.
Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Pinelands Regional School District, which also serves students from Bass River Township, Eagleswood Township and Tuckerton Borough.Pinelands Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 22, 2020. "The Pinelands Regional School District is a regional school district located in southern Ocean County. The District consists of a Junior High School for grades 7-9 and a High School for grades 10-12. The communities of Bass River, Eagleswood, Little Egg Harbor, and Tuckerton are served by the District with approximately 1,700 students in grades 7-12."School Choice Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed April 7, 2026. "Pinelands Regional School District is located in Little Egg Harbor, Ocean County, and serves students in grades 7-12. The district students reside in Little Egg Harbor, Tuckerton, Eagleswood, and Bass River Township (Burlington County)."Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed April 7, 2026. "Pinelands Regional - Serves: Bass River in Burlington County; Eagleswood, Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton in Ocean County"Greenfield, Bruce. "Ocean County Report On Consolidation and Regionalization", Report of the Executive County Superintendent, March 15, 2010. Accessed April 21, 2011. "Pinelands Regional - Eagleswood, Tuckerton, Bass River, Little Egg Harbor" Schools in the district (with 2024–25 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsSchool Data for the Pinelands Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.) are Pinelands Regional Junior High SchoolJunior High School, Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed April 7, 2026. with 500 students in grades 7–8 and Pinelands Regional High SchoolSenior High School, Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed April 7, 2026. with 1,063 students in grades 9–12.School Performance Reports for the Pinelands Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2025.New Jersey School Directory for the Pinelands Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024. The high school district's board of education is comprised of nine members directly elected by the residents of the constituent municipalities to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year.Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Pinelands Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2025. Accessed April 7, 2026. "The Pinelands Regional School District is a Type II School District located in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey. As a Type II School District, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members’ terms expire each year. The purpose of the School District is to educate students in grades seven through twelfth. The operation of the District includes one regional junior high and one senior high school, located Little Egg Harbor." See "Roster of Officials" on page 19. Little Egg Harbor Township is allocated six of the nine seats.Board of Education: About Us, Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed April 7, 2026. "The Board of Education is composed of nine citizens elected to serve terms of three years each. Representatives are elected on the basis of constituent population - one from Bass River Township, one from Eagleswood Township, six from Little Egg Harbor Township, and one from the Borough of Tuckerton."
History The district is composed of two elementary schools. The George J. Mitchell School opened in 1953 as the "Little Egg Harbor Elementary School", housing grades K-6. In 1989, a new school, the Frog Pond Elementary School opened as the "Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School", housing grades 3–6, while the Mitchell School housed grades K-2 from then on. Starting with the 2009–10 school year, both schools were renovated and converted into K-6 schools, with the Intermediate School being renamed to its current name.
Based on the results of a study performed by the Southern Regional Institute and Educational Technology Training Center of Stockton University,Bass River Township School District Feasibility Study, Stockton University. Accessed May 21, 2022. and in the wake of declining enrollment and rising costs, the Bass River Township School District decided to have all of its PreK-6 students attend the Little Egg Harbor district as part of a sending/receiving relationship, starting in the 2020-21 school year.Lowe, Claire."Bass River Township students to attend Little Egg Harbor schools next year",The Press of Atlantic City, April 6, 2020. Accessed May 22, 2022. "Students from Bass River Township will attend Little Egg Harbor Schools next year as financial and academic challenges have crippled the district’s ability to operate.... The decision to enter into an agreement with Little Egg Harbor Township was reached at a March 25 school board meeting and will go into effect on July 1. The formal agreement has yet to be a finalized.... The 45,299-square-foot building which houses the preschool through sixth grade has the capacity for 205 students, but enrollment is less than half that.... Bass River has been losing both enrollment and state aid over the last few years, and has made several reductions in staff, but it hasn’t been enough to keep up with rising costs."
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-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.District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 1, 2024.
Strafing incident
On November 4, 2004, at around 9pm, an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet from the 113th Wing of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, based at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on a training mission at the Fort Dix United States Army installation in Warren Grove was climbing upward at . The test was going pretty well, until a heavy gun from the left wing fired 25 rounds of 20mm ammunition up in the air, which fell to the ground, with eight striking the roof of the school, and the rest hitting the parking lot and the side of the building. No one was injured in the incident.
On November 1, 2006, the district and the United States Air Force announced that a settlement had been reached, whereby the district would be paid $519,070.70 to cover damage to the roof of the school caused in the incident. This is less than the $900,000 that the superintendent had indicated would be needed to cover the costs of replacing the roof damaged in the incident and in the process of evaluating the roof's condition after the incident.
Schools Schools in the district (with 2024–25 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics.School Data for the Little Egg Harbor Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.) are:Public Schools Directory 2025-2026; Living & Learning in Ocean County, Ocean County, New Jersey. Accessed April 1, 2026.School Performance Reports for the Little Egg Harbor Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2025.New Jersey School Directory for the Little Egg Harbor Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024. Robert C. Wood Sr. Early Childhood CenterRobert C. Wood Sr. Early Childhood Center, Little Egg Harbor School District. Accessed April 7, 2026. with 318 students in pre-kindergarten Anne Flynn, principalPrincipal's Corner, Robert C. Wood Sr. Early Childhood Center. Accessed April 7, 2026. George J. Mitchell Elementary SchoolGeorge J. Mitchell Elementary School, Little Egg Harbor School District. Accessed April 7, 2026. with 582 students in kindergarten through third grade Christine M. Cummings, principal (until August 2026) TBA, principal (after August 2026) Frog Pond Elementary SchoolFrog Pond Elementary School, Little Egg Harbor School District. Accessed April 7, 2026. with 780 students in grades 4 to 6 Thomas P. Denning, principalPrincipal's Corner, Frog Pond Elementary School. Accessed April 7, 2026.
Administration Core members of the district's administration are:Central Office, Little Egg Harbor School District. Accessed April 7, 2026.New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024. Michelle Cappelluti, interim superintendent Carl Morelli, business administrator and board secretaryBusiness Administration, Little Egg Harbor School District. Accessed August 2, 2023.
The district's last permanent Superintendent, Lisa Antunes, resigned in July 2026 after 2 years with the district.
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