Ocean Gate Elementary School

Ocean Gate Elementary School is an one-room-style elementary school in OCEAN GATE, New Jersey, operated by Ocean Gate School District. The school enrolls 141 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 65% below typical.

Ocean Gate School District is the operating authority for Ocean Gate Elementary School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Ocean Gate Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Ocean County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Ocean Gate Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Ocean Gate Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ocean County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ocean Gate Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.3%, the actual is 25.7%, a residual of -8.6 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Ocean County put the typical household earns roughly $89,863 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Ocean Gate Elementary School is one of 117 public schools in Ocean County (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students).

Nearest neighbor: H & M Potter School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ocean Gate Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ocean Gate Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.4%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ocean Gate Elementary School has ticked down 10%, going from 156 students in 2018 to 141 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

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