Public schools in Toms River, NJ

Toms River has 16 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 5 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 12,358 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Toms River Regional School District runs 14 of them.

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

The 2 districts and agencies that run Toms River's public schools

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

DistrictSchools in Toms RiverDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Toms River Regional School District1414,594$20,919
Ocean County Vocational Technical School District2648$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.

5 high schools in Toms River, 4,961 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Toms River High School North1,86113.940.8%Toms River Regional
Toms River High School South1,46316.235.9%Toms River Regional
Toms River High School East1,37713.227.4%Toms River Regional
OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy2599.313.1%Ocean County Vocational Technical
Ocean County Vocational Technical School Toms River Center10.1not 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 Toms River, 2,241 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Toms River Intermediate School East1,27114.829.9%Toms River Regional
Toms River Intermediate School North97011.649.0%Toms River Regional

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.

9 elementary schools in Toms River, 5,156 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Cedar Grove Elementary School93117.733.6%Toms River Regional
Walnut Street Elementary School72713.360.7%Toms River Regional
Hooper Avenue Elementary School69314.720.8%Toms River Regional
Silver Bay Elementary School58514.329.1%Toms River Regional
East Dover Elementary School58412.437.0%Toms River Regional
Joseph A. Citta Elementary School51113.564.4%Toms River Regional
West Dover Elementary School38713.837.5%Toms River Regional
North Dover Elementary School38411.346.1%Toms River Regional
Washington Street Elementary School35414.438.1%Toms River Regional

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 Toms River's public schools compare with New Jersey's

The median Toms River school has 13.8 students per full-time teacher, more than the New Jersey median of 11.3. 0% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 31% across the state. Its median school enrolls 639 students (state 435).

Toms River against New Jersey, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Toms RiverNew Jersey
Median students per teacher13.811.3
Median school size (students)639435
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)0%31%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)13%8.1%
Charter schools0%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 16 Toms River 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 Toms River

  1. Toms River Regional School DistrictRuns 14 of Toms River's 16 public schools and spent $20,919 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$20,919
  2. Toms River High School North, the largest high school in Toms River1,861 students in 2024-25, 13.9 per teacher.1,861
  3. Compare Toms River Regional School District with Ocean County Vocational Technical School DistrictToms River'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 Toms River 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 Toms River

  1. How many public schools are in Toms River, NJ?
    16 public schools with an address in Toms River were open in 2024-25: 5 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 12,358 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Toms River?
    Toms River High School North, with 1,861 students in 2024-25 (Toms River Regional School District).
  3. Which districts run Toms River's schools?
    Toms River Regional School District (14 schools), Ocean County Vocational Technical School District (2 schools). 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 .