Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science

Located at 195 CEDAR BRIDGE ROAD, in MANAHAWKIN, New Jersey, Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science is a micro-enrollment secondary school that serves 275 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Ocean County Vocational Technical School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science sits 70% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Ocean County Vocational Technical School District (612 students total), Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment; the rest consists of 21% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 13% 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 south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 59.2%; this one delivers 96.4%, a residual of +37.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ocean County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,863 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ocean County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), of which Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science is one.

Nearest neighbor: Southern Regional High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science. On composite proficiency, Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 46.0%.

Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 275 (now 275). The White share of enrollment edged down from 80% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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