Ocean Township High School

Ocean Township High School is one of the mid-sized 9-12 campuss in OAKHURST, New Jersey, one of the schools within Township of Ocean School District, with 925 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Within Township of Ocean School District, which oversees 5 schools and 3,163 students, Ocean Township High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Ocean Township High School reports that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 24% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Monmouth County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Ocean Township High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.1%.

In the broader community, Monmouth County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,845 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Monmouth County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), of which Ocean Township High School is one.

The closest other public school is Ocean Township Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ocean Township High School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 1,123 students in 2018 compared to 925 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 15% to 24% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Ocean Township High School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.