Ocean Township School District (Ocean County, New Jersey)


The Ocean Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Ocean Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 510 students and 53.6 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
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.
For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend the schools of the Southern Regional School District, which serves the five municipalities in the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District — Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars, Long Beach Township, Ship Bottom and Surf City — along with students from Beach Haven and Stafford Township, together with the students from Ocean Township who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship. Schools in the district are
Southern Regional Middle School with 934 students in grades 7-8 and
Southern Regional High School with 1,952 students in grades 9-12. Both schools are in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township.

Schools

Schools in the district are:
Core members of the district's administration are:
The district's board of education, with nine members, sets policy and oversees 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 three seats up for election each year held as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.