NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Manahawkin, NJ

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8 public K-12 schools in Manahawkin from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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8
Schools
5,502
Students
48.1/100
Avg Resource Index
12.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Manahawkin has more public-school enrollment than 60% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Manahawkin lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Manahawkin's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Manahawkin lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 176 to 1,820 students, a 10-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 40%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
82nd percentile
Teacher staffing
83rd percentile

Southern Regional High School accounts for 33.1% of all Manahawkin public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Manahawkin-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Manahawkin school enrollment varies 10× across entities

Manahawkin school enrollment ranges from 176 students (lowest) to 1,820 students (highest), a spread of 1,644 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Manahawkin student-teacher ratio is 12.6:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Oxycocus Elementary School 64
2. Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science 59
3. Southern Regional Middle School 57
4. Southern Regional High School 54
5. Stafford Intermediate School 46
6. Mckinley Avenue Elementary School 42
7. Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center 33
8. Ocean Acres Elementary School 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Manahawkin

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science 52.8/100
  2. 2 Oxycocus Elementary School 49.2/100
  3. 3 Mckinley Avenue Elementary School 36.4/100
  4. 4 Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center 33.9/100
  5. 5 Stafford Intermediate School 32.9/100

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Which Manahawkin school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Oxycocus Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Manahawkin schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Manahawkin, NJ? ▼

Manahawkin has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,502 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.