Public schools in Jackson, NJ

Jackson has 11 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 7,434 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Jackson Township School District runs 9 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Jackson's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in JacksonDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Jackson Township School District97,605$25,007
Manchester Township School District12,849$26,995
Ocean County Vocational Technical School District1648$55,767

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Jackson, 2,591 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Jackson Memorial High School1,57713.628.2%Jackson Township
Jackson Liberty High School1,01213.643.9%Jackson Township
Ocean County Vocational Technical School Jackson Center20.2not reportedOcean County Vocational Technical

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Jackson, 1,643 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Carl W. Goetz Middle School97812.531.4%Jackson Township
Christa McAuliffe Middle School66510.249.9%Jackson Township

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 elementary schools in Jackson, 3,144 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Switlik Elementary School75814.140.2%Jackson Township
Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School71812.954.2%Jackson Township
Elms Elementary School70514.034.5%Jackson Township
Lucy N. Holman Elementary School54711.349.9%Jackson Township
Howard C. Johnson Elementary School41610.844.7%Jackson Township

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Jackson, 56 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Manchester Regional Day School563.944.6%Manchester Township

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Jackson's public schools compare with New Jersey's

The median Jackson school has 12.7 students per full-time teacher, more than the New Jersey median of 11.3. 18% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 31% across the state. Its median school enrolls 705 students (state 435).

Jackson against New Jersey, schools open in 2024-25 with students
JacksonNew Jersey
Median students per teacher12.711.3
Median school size (students)705435
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)18%31%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%8.1%
Charter schools0%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 11 Jackson schools and the 2,480 New Jersey schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Jackson

  1. Jackson Township School DistrictRuns 9 of Jackson's 11 public schools and spent $25,007 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$25,007
  2. Jackson Memorial High School, the largest high school in Jackson1,577 students in 2024-25, 13.6 per teacher.1,577
  3. Compare Jackson Township School District with Manchester Township School DistrictJackson's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in New JerseyNew Jersey's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Jackson addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in New Jersey

  1. Newark78 schools
  2. Jersey City52 schools
  3. Paterson46 schools
  4. Elizabeth38 schools
  5. Trenton34 schools
  6. Hamilton26 schools
  7. Camden22 schools
  8. East Orange21 schools

Questions about schools in Jackson

  1. How many public schools are in Jackson, NJ?
    11 public schools with an address in Jackson were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 7,434 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Jackson?
    Jackson Memorial High School, with 1,577 students in 2024-25 (Jackson Township School District).
  3. Which districts run Jackson's schools?
    Jackson Township School District (9 schools), Manchester Township School District (1 school), Ocean County Vocational Technical School District (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .