Summary:
Township of Ocean Intermediate School is the only middle school in the Township of Ocean School District, serving grades 5–8 and 889 students. The clearest concern in its latest results is math in grades 7 and 8: proficiency was 28% and 15%, respectively, compared with 38% and 23% statewide.
With just one school in the area, there is no local top or bottom to compare, but results show both a notable strength and grade-level gaps. Algebra I End-of-Course proficiency reached 86%, versus 40% statewide, a 46-point advantage. Grade 8 Algebra I was also above the state result, 85% to 75%, while grade 7 was essentially level with the state. In math, results were stronger in the lower grades: grade 5 was 49%, 4 points above the state, and grade 6 was 46%, 6 points above. The sharp contrast is that grades 7 and 8 fell below the state by 11 and 8 points. ELA averaged 53%, nearly matching the state’s 53%, but grade 7 was 4 points below the state.
Results shifted unevenly over time. ELA changed from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by −7 points in grade 5, +7 in grade 6, −15 in grade 7, and +4 in grade 8. Science moved from above the state average in 2024–2025 to below it in 2025–2026; grade 5 fell 14 points, from 38% to 24%. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose from 48 in 2024–2025 to 53 in 2025–2026, but remained below 56 in 2023–2024; the district is ranked 286 of 607, at the 53rd percentile, with 3 stars. Context figures include a 9.4 student-teacher ratio and 37% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism that year was 13%, compared with 10% districtwide and 14% statewide.
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