NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Oak Ridge, NJ

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

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6
Schools
2,260
Students
67.8/100
Avg Resource Index
11.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Oak Ridge has more public-school enrollment than 16% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Oak Ridge 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

Oak Ridge's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 1 combined-grade record. 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

Oak Ridge lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 36 to 761 students, a 21-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 84%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
99th percentile
Teacher staffing
91st percentile

Jefferson Township High School accounts for 33.7% of all Oak Ridge public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Oak Ridge-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

Oak Ridge school enrollment varies 21× across entities

Oak Ridge school enrollment ranges from 36 students (lowest) to 761 students (highest), a spread of 725 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. 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

Oak Ridge student-teacher ratio is 11.6:1 — 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. Academy for Environmental Science 88
2. Jefferson Township Middle School 71
3. Jefferson Township High School 68
4. Paradise Knoll Elementary School 65
5. Cozy Lake Elementary School 63
6. White Rock Elementary School 52

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Oak Ridge

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 Jefferson Township Middle School 48.8/100
  2. 2 Paradise Knoll Elementary School 42.7/100
  3. 3 Academy for Environmental Science 42.4/100
  4. 4 Jefferson Township High School 42.2/100
  5. 5 White Rock Elementary School 39.4/100

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Which Oak Ridge school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Academy for Environmental Science has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Oak Ridge schools in this federal-data comparison at 88/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Oak Ridge, NJ? ▼

Oak Ridge has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,260 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.6:1.

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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.