Highest spending per pupil: Ocean County, NJ 2023-24
Spending per pupil across 26 Ocean County, New Jersey school districts, 2023-24. Lakewood Township School District leads at $76,150. NJ DOE; ranked by…
- Districts ranked
- 26
- Period
- 2023-24
- Publication floor
- 8 districts
- Tie rule
- Equal values share a rank; the next rank skips.
- County definition
- The county holding the largest share of the district's land area (NCES EDGE, 2024–25).
NJ DOE TGES total spending per pupil, audited actual, divided by average daily enrollment plus students sent out of district. It is a broader measure than general current expense per pupil and is never compared with the User-Friendly Budget per-pupil figures, which are budgeted and use a different count.
Measure: Total spending per pupil (audited actual).
Source: NJ DOE.
Ranked districts
- 1. Lakewood Township School District — $76,150
- 2. Long Beach Island Consolidated School District — $52,015
- 3. Beach Haven School District — $44,460
- 4. Seaside Heights School District — $42,930
- 5. Bay Head Borough School District — $38,830
- 6. Point Pleasant Beach School District — $36,512
- 7. Ocean Gate School District — $35,777
- 8. Lavallette Borough School District — $32,954
- 9. Southern Regional School District — $31,376
- 10. Manchester Township School District — $30,905
- 11. Eagleswood Township School District — $28,994
- 12. Tuckerton Borough School District — $28,533
- 13. Island Heights School District — $28,158
- 14. Central Regional School District — $28,097
- 15. Little Egg Harbor Township School District — $27,976
- 16. Plumsted Township School District — $27,630
- 17. Jackson Township School District — $27,307
- 18. Barnegat Township School District — $26,802
- 19. Lacey Township School District — $26,394
- 20. Brick Township Public School District — $26,150
- 21. Lakehurst School District — $25,053
- 22. Point Pleasant Borough School District — $23,512
- 23. Berkeley Township School District — $23,442
- 24. Ocean Township School District — $23,185
- 25. Stafford Township School District — $23,141
- 26. Toms River Regional School District — $22,848