Schools in Ocean Grove · Neptune Township School District
Ocean Grove’s public schools score below 85% of New Jersey districts
The public schools Ocean Grove’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 85% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
8%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
33%
▼ 14 pts vs NJ 47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
12%
▼ 13 pts vs NJ 25%
2020–21
Graduate on time
85%
▼ 6 pts vs NJ 91%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$29.1K
▲ 2% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How Ocean Grove compares
C− Test scoresD Graduation
New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 15%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (367)Better than 8%
High confidence. Built on 1,636 tested students and a graduating class of 314; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New Jersey’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of New Jersey only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Ocean Grove.
5 schools teach Pre-K in Ocean Grove’s district. Which one depends on your address: Midtown Community Elementary School, Summerfield Elementary School, Green Grove Elementary School and Gables Elementary School and more.
5 schools teach K in Ocean Grove’s district. Which one depends on your address: Midtown Community Elementary School, Summerfield Elementary School, Green Grove Elementary School and Gables Elementary School and more.
5 schools teach 1st grade in Ocean Grove’s district. Which one depends on your address: Midtown Community Elementary School, Summerfield Elementary School, Green Grove Elementary School and Gables Elementary School and more.
5 schools teach 2nd grade in Ocean Grove’s district. Which one depends on your address: Midtown Community Elementary School, Summerfield Elementary School, Green Grove Elementary School and Gables Elementary School and more.
5 schools teach 3rd grade in Ocean Grove’s district. Which one depends on your address: Midtown Community Elementary School, Summerfield Elementary School, Green Grove Elementary School and Gables Elementary School and more.
5 schools teach 4th grade in Ocean Grove’s district. Which one depends on your address: Midtown Community Elementary School, Summerfield Elementary School, Green Grove Elementary School and Gables Elementary School and more.
5 schools teach 5th grade in Ocean Grove’s district. Which one depends on your address: Midtown Community Elementary School, Summerfield Elementary School, Green Grove Elementary School and Gables Elementary School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Neptune Middle Schoolin Neptune
9–12Neptune High Schoolin Neptune
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading33%
State average 47.3%
Math12%
State average 25.4%
Ocean Grove vs. its neighbors
Ocean Grove’s schools rank 2nd of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New Jersey districts.
Every school in Ocean Grove
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Also serving Ocean Grove · in other towns
Midtown Community Elementary School
D437 students10:1Rate it →
Summerfield Elementary School
C+389 students11:1Rate it →
Green Grove Elementary School
D296 students11:1Rate it →
Gables Elementary School
D284 students11:1Rate it →
Shark River Hills Elementary School
C−244 students12:1Rate it →
Neptune Middle School
C595 students9:1Rate it →
Neptune High School
C−1,129 students13:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Ocean Grove
There’s no college in Ocean Grove, but 40 are within 30 miles. The closest is Monmouth University in West Long Branch, 4.7 miles away.
Monmouth UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · West Long Branch
4.7 mi4,773 students
Brookdale Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Middletown
10.2 mi9,316 students
Yeshiva Gedolah of Woodlake VillageUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lakewood
11.6 mi79 students
Keser Torah-Mayan HatalmudUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lakewood
11.7 mi59 students
Yeshiva Gedolah Keren HatorahUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lakewood
11.7 mi189 students
Yeshiva Toras ChaimUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lakewood
12.1 mi225 students
Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes YerachmielUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lakewood
12.4 mi172 students
Bais Medrash Mayan HatorahUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lakewood
12.7 mi25 students
Talmudical Academy-New JerseyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Howell
12.8 mi78 students
Yeshiva Bais AharonUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lakewood
12.9 mi13 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Ocean Grove. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 30 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within New Jersey. Stars are from neighbors.