At $33,331 per pupil, Ocean Gate School District ranks #60 of 648 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending (New Jersey districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Ocean Gate School District operates 1 public schools serving 127 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Jersey. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Ocean County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $33,331 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 65 of 648 New Jersey districts by per-pupil spending. See how New Jersey compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 47.0% local, 44.4% state, and 8.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 19.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.6% White, 19.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ocean Gate Elementary School, enrolling 141 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 5.6% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (126 to 133 students), while the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $4,357,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 62% went to instruction, 32.9% to support services, and 0.4% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Ocean Gate Elementary School accounts for 100.0% of all Ocean Gate School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ocean Gate School District a distant remainder — means Ocean Gate School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Ocean Gate School District reports 51.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Ocean Gate School District chronic absenteeism rate is 19.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Ocean Gate School District is typically wider than the Ocean Gate School District-aggregate figure suggests.
How many schools are in Ocean Gate School District?
Ocean Gate School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 127 students.
How much does Ocean Gate School District spend per student?
Ocean Gate School District spends $33,331 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Ocean Gate School District?
Ocean Gate School District students are 71.6% White, 19.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.