Toms River High School South

Toms River High School South is a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in TOMS RIVER, New Jersey, operated by Toms River Regional School District. The school educates 1,463 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Toms River High School South sits 57% above that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Toms River High School South shows that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder comes out to 28% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Ocean County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Toms River High School South has 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Toms River High School South tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Ocean County put 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 Toms River High School South is one.

Walnut Street Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Toms River High School South comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Toms River High School South's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,374 (now 1,463). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 14% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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