Toms River High School East

As an average-sized senior high in TOMS RIVER, New Jersey, Toms River High School East serves 1,377 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Toms River Regional School District. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 48% above typical.

Toms River Regional School District runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 14,323 students. Toms River High School East is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Toms River High School East logs that White students make up the majority at 71%; the rest comes out to 19% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 32% of students at Toms River High School East qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Ocean County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, Toms River High School East tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Ocean County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,863, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Ocean County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), Toms River High School East is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: East Dover Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Toms River High School East. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Toms River High School East at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 39.6%.

Toms River High School East operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Toms River High School East's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 1,408 (now 1,377). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 83% to 71%.

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