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Enrollment
1,200
High
DISTRICT 1,235 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRICK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340222004582
Brick Township High School
346 CHAMBERS BRIDGE RD, BRICK TOWN, NJ 08723 · (732) 785-3000 · Ocean County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,200 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of New Jersey public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
95 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
494 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 301 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 284 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 320 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 295 | 25% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
54.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -12.0pp since 2023
Math
19.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 19.7% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 22.5% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Brick Township High School
Brick Township High School's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brick Township High School this school | 1,200 | 41.2% | 33.3% |
| Toms River High School South TOMS RIVER | 1,463 | 41.5% | 29.4% |
| Barnegat High School BARNEGAT | 1,003 | 42.9% | 33.2% |
| Central Regional High School BAYVILLE | 1,489 | 37.2% | 21.5% |
| Brick Township Memorial High School BRICK | 1,269 | 36.3% | 31.9% |
| Hammonton High School HAMMONTON | 1,315 | 34.4% | 39.6% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Brick Township High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #227 of 397 | #8 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #257 of 400 ▼ 11 | #12 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #178 of 395 ▼ 26 | #4 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,200 | #125 of 442 | #9 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #226 of 388 | #8 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #211 of 389 | #8 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.2% | #184 of 405 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #79 of 200 | #4 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,200
-114 (-9%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 1,505
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,200 | 94.5 | 12.7:1 | 41% (494) |
| 2023-24 | 1,211 | 96 | 12.6:1 | 35% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 1,267 | 101.5 | 12.5:1 | 37% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 1,314 | 101 | 13.0:1 | 31% (406) |
| 2017-18 | 1,346 | 111.8 | 12.0:1 | 30% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 1,385 | 121 | 11.4:1 | 31% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 1,415 | 106 | 13.3:1 | 17% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 1,586 | 119 | 13.3:1 | 9% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 1,505 | 113 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brick Township High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,346 to 1,200); teachers down 15% (111.8 to 94.5).
About Brick Township High School
Brick Township High School is a medium-sized high school for students in BRICK TOWN, New Jersey. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 1,200 students. For comparison, high schools in New Jersey average about 929 students.
Brick Township High School is one school in Brick Township Public School District, a system of 12 schools with 8,224 students.
By race and ethnicity, Brick Township High School is 62% White. It is also 29% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Ocean County is roughly 83% White. By the diversity index, Brick Township High School comes in at 53%.
The school reported 94.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.7:1. High schools in New Jersey average about 12.7:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 41%. Across public schools in Ocean County, the average is about the same, 44%.
Brick Township High School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Brick Township High School's results are 10.4 points below predicted: 33.3% against 43.6%.
In the county around the school, Ocean County, median household income is about $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Brick Township High School is among the 117 public schools in Ocean County.
Of nearby public schools, Ocean County Vocational Technical School Brick Center is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Brick Township High School comes in 6th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Brick Township High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 9%, from 1,314 to 1,200.
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Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brick Township Public School District
- Brick Township Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,269 students
- Lake Riviera Middle SchoolMiddle · 893 students
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Emma Havens Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 843 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Midstreams Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
Other schools in BRICK TOWN
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Midstreams Elementary SchoolElementary · 558 students
- Drum Point Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Ocean County Vocational Technical School Brick Center0.1 mi · 2
- Warren H. Wolf Early Childhood Development Center0.4 mi · 359
- Veterans Memorial Middle School2.0 mi · 865
- Veterans Memorial Elementary School2.1 mi · 619
- Drum Point Road Elementary School2.1 mi · 465
- Lanes Mill Elementary School2.2 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About Brick Township High SchoolHow large is Brick Township High School?
Brick Township High School enrolls approximately 1,200 students in grades 09-12.
Is Brick Township High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brick Township High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Brick Township High School have?
Brick Township High School employs 95 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brick Township High School?
At Brick Township High School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 29% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Brick Township High School?
Brick Township High School is overseen by Brick Township Public School District in Ocean County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.