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Enrollment
1,119
High
DISTRICT 652 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LACEY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340810005935
Lacey Township High School
73 HAINES STREET, LANOKA HARBOR, NJ 08734 · (609) 971-2020 · Ocean County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,119 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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
13.9:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
345 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 263 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 253 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 294 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 309 | 28% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lacey Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -8.2pp since 2023
Math
32.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.5% | 24.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lacey Township High School
Lacey Township High School's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacey Township High School this school | 1,119 | 30.8% | 33.5% |
| Toms River High School East TOMS RIVER | 1,377 | 32.3% | 42.9% |
| Audubon Junior/Senior High School AUDUBON | 801 | 26.2% | 36.0% |
| West Milford High School WEST MILFORD | 947 | 22.6% | 29.9% |
| High Point Regional High School District SUSSEX | 791 | 24.1% | 37.0% |
| Vernon Township High School VERNON | 906 | 24.8% | 45.8% |
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 Lacey Township High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #224 of 397 | #7 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #172 of 400 ▲ 50 | #6 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #241 of 395 ▲ 2 | #10 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,119 | #147 of 442 | #10 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #315 of 388 | #17 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #351 of 389 | #14 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.8% | #230 of 405 | #13 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #112 of 200 | #6 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
1,119
-121 (-10%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,174
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 1,119 | 80.6 | 13.9:1 | 31% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 1,186 | 86.3 | 13.7:1 | 26% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 1,222 | 92.3 | 13.2:1 | 24% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 1,240 | 91 | 13.6:1 | 25% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 1,204 | 102.5 | 11.8:1 | 26% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 1,251 | 116 | 10.8:1 | 23% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 1,399 | 114 | 12.3:1 | 20% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 1,360 | 100 | 13.6:1 | 11% (149) |
| 1990-91 | 1,174 | 83 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lacey Township High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,204 to 1,119); teachers down 21% (102.5 to 80.6).
About Lacey Township High School
Lacey Township High School, a mid-sized high school, is located in LANOKA HARBOR, New Jersey. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,119 students. It has 20% more students than the average for high schools in New Jersey (about 929).
A total of 6 schools make up Lacey Township School District, with 3,913 students enrolled.
At Lacey Township High School, 81% of students are White. It is also 14% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put Ocean County at about 83% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lacey Township High School scores 32%.
Lacey Township High School reported 80.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.9:1. High schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1, 1.2 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 345 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 31% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Ocean County averages 44%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Lacey Township High School lands at C, ahead of 32% of New Jersey public high schools.
BeatsExpectations places Lacey Township High School in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 15.8 points below it (33.5% actual, 49.3% predicted).
In Ocean County, the median household earns about $89,863 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Ocean County has 117 public schools with about 66,051 students, including Lacey Township High School.
The closest school to Lacey Township High School is Lacey Township Middle School, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lacey Township High School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Lacey Township High School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Lacey Township High School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Lacey Township High School had a net loss of 121 students, or 10%.
The allk12 page for Lacey Township High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Lacey Township School District
- Lacey Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Mill Pond Elementary SchoolElementary · 599 students
- Forked River Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Lanoka Harbor Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Cedar Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
Other schools in LANOKA HARBOR
- Mill Pond Elementary SchoolElementary · 599 students
- Lanoka Harbor Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Cedar Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
Nearby schools
- Lacey Township Middle School0.3 mi · 819
- Mill Pond Elementary School0.6 mi · 599
- Cedar Creek Elementary School0.6 mi · 432
- Lanoka Harbor Elementary School0.7 mi · 465
- Forked River Elementary School1.2 mi · 479
- Central Regional High School2.2 mi · 1,489
Frequently asked questions
About Lacey Township High SchoolHow many students attend Lacey Township High School?
Lacey Township High School enrolls approximately 1,119 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Lacey Township High School serve?
Lacey Township High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Lacey Township High School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Lacey Township High School.
How diverse is Lacey Township High School?
Lacey Township High School reports a student body of 81% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Lacey Township High School?
Lacey Township High School is overseen by Lacey Township School District in Ocean County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.