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How has Ocean Academy Charter School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
551
Combined
STATE 934
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEAN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340078903411
Ocean Academy Charter School
1650 Massachusetts Ave., Lakewood, NJ 08701 · (732) 987-6525 · Ocean County
GRADES KG–09COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
57 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
512 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 33 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 14% larger than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
41.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.9% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 29.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Ocean Academy Charter School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #4 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #3 of 15 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
551
+216 (+64%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 551 | 57 | 9.7:1 | 93% (512) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 50 | 10.0:1 | 91% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 39 | 11.5:1 | 91% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 97% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 26 | N/A | N/A | 88% (23) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ocean Academy Charter School.
About Ocean Academy Charter School
Ocean Academy Charter School is a small combined-grade school in New Jersey, located in Lakewood. A federal count lists 551 students at the school, in kindergarten through 9. Average enrollment for combined schools in New Jersey is about 934, so this school runs 41% smaller than that.
Federal records list Ocean Academy Charter School as its own district.
The student body at Ocean Academy Charter School is 89% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 8% Black and 3% White. Ocean County's residents are about 11% Hispanic, 78 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 20% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.7:1, with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 6.1 students per teacher below the 15.8:1 average for combined schools in New Jersey. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 93% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Ocean County averages 44%, lower than here.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Ocean Academy Charter School is 14.2 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 29.5% actual, 15.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Census estimates describe Ocean County this way: the median household income is $89,863, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Ocean Academy Charter School, Ocean County has 116 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Oak Street Elem School, about 1.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 32.9% on proficiency, and Ocean Academy Charter School is below that at 29.5%.
Ocean Academy Charter School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large. Ocean Academy Charter School is a publicly funded charter school.
In 2020-21 the school reported 335 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 551. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. The school's ratio fell from 14.0:1 to 9.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Lakewood
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,295 students
- Lakewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- Spruce Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Oak Street Elem SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Piner Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Clifton Ave Grade SchoolElementary · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Street Elem School1.5 mi · 513
- Spruce Street Elementary School1.6 mi · 554
- Joseph A. Citta Elementary School1.7 mi · 511
- Christa McAuliffe Middle School2.6 mi · 665
- Manchester Township Middle School2.8 mi · 586
- Ridgeway Elementary School2.8 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Ocean Academy Charter SchoolHow large is Ocean Academy Charter School?
Ocean Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 551 students in grades KG-09.
Is Ocean Academy Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ocean Academy Charter School is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-09.
How many teachers does Ocean Academy Charter School have?
Ocean Academy Charter School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Ocean Academy Charter School?
Student demographics at Ocean Academy Charter School are roughly 3% White, 89% Hispanic, 8% Black.
Who oversees Ocean Academy Charter School?
Ocean Academy Charter School is overseen by Ocean Academy Charter School in Ocean County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.