Jackson Liberty High School

As a mid-tier secondary school in Jackson, New Jersey, Jackson Liberty High School instructs 1,012 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Jackson Township School District.

Jackson Township School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 7,627 students; Jackson Liberty High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Jackson Liberty High School logs that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 41% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Jackson Liberty High School logs 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ocean County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jackson Liberty High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.1%, the actual is 26.1%, a residual of -11.0 points.

Around the school, Ocean County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,863 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Jackson Liberty High School is one of 117 public schools in Ocean County (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students).

Christa McAuliffe Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson Liberty High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 29.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 1,191 students in 2018 compared to 1,012 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 13% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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