Manchester Regional Day School

Located at 890 TOMS RIVER ROAD, in JACKSON, New Jersey, Manchester Regional Day School is a micro-enrollment unified-grade school that teaches 56 students (grades pre-K through 12), run under Manchester Township School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 934 students each, so Manchester Regional Day School sits 94% below that benchmark.

Manchester Township School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,904 students. Manchester Regional Day School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Manchester Regional Day School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 39% White, 14% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Ocean County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Manchester Regional Day School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 3.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Manchester Regional Day School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 50% of students at Manchester Regional Day School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, 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%. Across Ocean County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), Manchester Regional Day School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ocean County Vocational Technical School Jackson Center, around 0.1 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 65 students in 2018 compared to 56 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 71% to 39% over that span.

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