Central Regional High School

Set in BAYVILLE, New Jersey, Central Regional High School is an expansive senior high, overseen by Central Regional School District. It works with 1,489 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 60% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Central Regional School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 2,169 students. Central Regional High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Central Regional High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Central Regional High School logs 115 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Central Regional High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.8%; this one comes in at 21.5%, -24.3 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ocean County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,863 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Ocean County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), of which Central Regional High School is one.

Central Regional Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Regional High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Central Regional High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 6%: 1,401 students in 2018 compared to 1,489 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 70% to 65% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Central Regional High School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.