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The highest-poverty public high schools in Ocean County, New Jersey

19 public high schools in Ocean County, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Lakewood High School leads the list at 92.0%, against a median of 36.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Ocean County, New Jersey

Top % FRL

92.0%

Median % FRL

36.3%

HIGHEST POVERTY · OCEAN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Lakewood High School	LAKEWOOD, NJ	Lakewood Township School District	High	1,295	92.0%
2	Jackson Liberty High School	Jackson, NJ	Jackson Township School District	High	1,012	53.1%
3	Manchester Township High School	MANCHESTER, NJ	Manchester Township School District	High	947	50.2%
4	Pinelands Regional High School	Little Egg Harbor, NJ	Pinelands Regional School District	High	1,063	49.7%
5	Toms River High School North	TOMS RIVER, NJ	Toms River Regional School District	High	1,861	47.8%
6	Barnegat High School	BARNEGAT, NJ	Barnegat Township School District	High	1,003	42.9%
7	Toms River High School South	TOMS RIVER, NJ	Toms River Regional School District	High	1,463	41.5%
8	Brick Township High School	BRICK TOWN, NJ	Brick Township Public School District	High	1,200	41.2%
9	Central Regional High School	BAYVILLE, NJ	Central Regional School District	High	1,489	37.2%
10	Brick Township Memorial High School	BRICK, NJ	Brick Township Public School District	High	1,269	36.3%
11	Jackson Memorial High School	Jackson, NJ	Jackson Township School District	High	1,577	33.2%
12	Toms River High School East	TOMS RIVER, NJ	Toms River Regional School District	High	1,377	32.3%
13	Lacey Township High School	LANOKA HARBOR, NJ	Lacey Township School District	High	1,119	30.8%
14	New Egypt High School	NEW EGYPT, NJ	Plumsted Township School District	High	509	25.0%
15	Southern Regional High School	MANAHAWKIN, NJ	Southern Regional School District	High	1,820	24.7%
16	Point Pleasant Beach High School	Point Pleasant Beach, NJ	Point Pleasant Beach School District	High	331	19.6%
17	OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy	Toms River, NJ	Ocean County Vocational Technical School District	High	259	16.2%
18	Point Pleasant Borough High School	POINT PLEASANT, NJ	Point Pleasant Borough School District	High	831	15.8%
19	Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science	MANAHAWKIN, NJ	Ocean County Vocational Technical School District	High	275	12.7%

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