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1933
GENERAL VIEW OF HOTEL, LOOKING WEST ACROSS WATER - Royal Pines Hotel, 395 Lakeside Avenue, Bayville, Ocean County, NJ, 1933
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About Berkeley
Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, USBerkeley Township is a township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, extending from the Jersey Shore westward into the New Jersey Pine Barrens. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 43,754, the highest ever in any decennial count and an increase of 2,499 (+6.1%) from the 2010 census count of 41,255, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,264 (+3.2%) from the 39,991 counted in the 2000 census. Berkeley Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 31, 1875, from portions of Dover Township (now Toms River Township). Sections of the township were taken to form Seaside Park (March 3, 1898), Seaside Heights (F…
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How Berkeley ranks
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Safety in Berkeley
Safety Grade B+
Berkeley reports less crime per resident than 69% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in Berkeley
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The public schools Berkeley’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 73% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NJ. Ratings are from neighbors.
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