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What's the most underrated thing about Township of Ocean Intermediate School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
889
Middle
DISTRICT 633 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOWNSHIP OF OCEAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341206004060
Township of Ocean Intermediate School
1200 WEST PARK AVENUE, OCEAN, NJ 07712 · (732) 531-5630 · Monmouth County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL889 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
332 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 230 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 214 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 221 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 224 | 25% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Township of Ocean Intermediate School→Ocean Township High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Township of Ocean School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
56.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
39.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.3% | 39.7% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 37.9% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Township of Ocean Intermediate School
Township of Ocean Intermediate School's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Township of Ocean Intermediate School this school | 889 | 37.3% | 43.8% |
| Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School CLIFFWOOD | 835 | 34.5% | 51.2% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle School BRICK TOWN | 865 | 35.4% | 43.4% |
| West Deptford Middle School WEST DEPTFORD | 859 | 36.7% | 44.4% |
| Carl W. Goetz Middle School Jackson | 978 | 37.3% | 41.4% |
| Howell Township Middle School North FARMINGDALE | 970 | 32.0% | 49.5% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Township of Ocean Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #227 of 433 | #26 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #232 of 437 ▼ 2 | #25 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #247 of 437 ▼ 16 | #27 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 889 | #67 of 445 | #6 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #85 of 417 | #17 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #171 of 419 | #6 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.3% | #197 of 436 | #8 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #86 of 282 | #13 of 32 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
889
-85 (-9%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 1,220
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 889 | 93.8 | 9.5:1 | 37% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 861 | 91.3 | 9.4:1 | 32% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 890 | 99.3 | 9.0:1 | 28% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 974 | 105 | 9.3:1 | 26% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 1,055 | 113.1 | 9.3:1 | 27% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 1,085 | 119 | 9.1:1 | 27% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 1,282 | 104 | 12.3:1 | 19% (248) |
| 2000-01 | 1,059 | 74 | 14.3:1 | 11% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 1,220 | 88 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Township of Ocean Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,055 to 889); teachers down 17% (113.1 to 93.8).
About Township of Ocean Intermediate School
A high-enrollment middle school in OCEAN, New Jersey, Township of Ocean Intermediate School is part of Township of Ocean School District. The school serves 889 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students.
The district for Township of Ocean Intermediate School is Township of Ocean School District, with 5 schools and 3,163 students.
Roughly 58% of students at Township of Ocean Intermediate School are White. The rest of enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Monmouth County, the White share is about 74%. Township of Ocean Intermediate School's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 9.5 students per teacher and 93.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.4 below the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 37%.
Township of Ocean Intermediate School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Township of Ocean Intermediate School's results are 1.9 points below predicted: 43.8% against 45.7%.
Federal survey data for Monmouth County show that the median household income is $124,845, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Monmouth County is home to 186 public schools and about 91,053 public school students.
The shortest distance from Township of Ocean Intermediate School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Wayside Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Township of Ocean Intermediate School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 9% from its 2020-21 level of 974.
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Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Township of Ocean School District
- Ocean Township High SchoolHigh · 925 students
- Wayside Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Ocean Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Wanamassa Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
Other schools in OCEAN
- Wayside Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Monmouth Regional SchoolHigh
Nearby schools
- Wayside Elementary School0.7 mi · 583
- The Shore Center1.1 mi · 60
- Regional Achievement Academy1.1 mi · 22
- Woodmere1.4 mi · 235
- Ocean Township High School1.8 mi · 925
- Ocean Township Elementary School1.9 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About Township of Ocean Intermediate SchoolHow large is Township of Ocean Intermediate School?
Township of Ocean Intermediate School enrolls approximately 889 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Township of Ocean Intermediate School serve?
Township of Ocean Intermediate School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Township of Ocean Intermediate School have?
Township of Ocean Intermediate School employs 94 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Township of Ocean Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Township of Ocean Intermediate School are roughly 58% White, 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Township of Ocean Intermediate School public or private?
Township of Ocean Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Township of Ocean School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.