Point Pleasant Borough High School

Point Pleasant Borough High School is a middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campus in POINT PLEASANT, New Jersey, overseen by Point Pleasant Borough School District. The school enrolls 831 students in grades 9 through 12.

Point Pleasant Borough High School is one of 4 schools operated by Point Pleasant Borough School District, a district that caters to 2,654 students overall.

On demographics, Point Pleasant Borough High School logs that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Hispanic. Compared to Ocean County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Ocean County's rate of about 44%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Point Pleasant Borough High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.5%; this one delivers 47.0%.

In the surrounding community, Ocean County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,863, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Ocean County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), of which Point Pleasant Borough High School is one.

The closest other public school is Memorial Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Point Pleasant Borough High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Point Pleasant Borough High School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 850 (now 831).

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.