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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 08753

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At a glance

Schools

11,587

Students

Districts

Top rankedWashington Street Elementary School675^th of 1,331 New Jersey elementary schools

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Biggest riser

East Dover Elementary School up 173 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

North Dover Elementary School 11.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

3★

2★

2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 08753 has 13 schools in Toms River Regional School District: eight elementary, two intermediate or middle, and three high schools, serving students from elementary through high school. Enrollment ranges from 354 to 1,861. In 2025–2026, elementary school averages were below state results in ELA (43% versus 49%), math (44% versus 47%) and fifth-grade science (21% versus 27%); the middle-school averages were also below the state in each listed subject. The clearest takeaway is that results vary sharply between nearby schools and grades: third-grade math ranged from 26% to 66%, and fourth-grade math from 24% to 57%.

Toms River High School East stands out in Geometry: it scored 88% on the end-of-course test and 89% in ninth grade, compared with state results of 52% and 50%. Among elementary schools, North Dover led third- and fourth-grade math at 66% and 57%, but fifth-grade math was 31%, below the state’s 46%. Washington Street led third-grade ELA at 59% versus 48% statewide and was above the state in fifth-grade science, 31% versus 27%. Hooper Avenue led fifth-grade ELA and math, at 53% and 48%. At the other end, Walnut Street had the lowest elementary ELA results in all three tested grades and the lowest fourth- and fifth-grade math. Across the high schools, science and Algebra I were weaker areas: all three scored below the state in eleventh-grade science and Algebra I end-of-course.

Elementary results improved on average from 41% in 2024–2025 to 43% in 2025–2026, while the two middle schools’ average fell from 39% to 36%. High-school averages rose from 47% to 48%, but schools moved in different directions: North and South improved while East declined. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings also diverged: East Dover rose from the 22nd to the 41st percentile between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, while North Dover fell from the 65th to the 42nd. Low-income figures are context, not an explanation for results: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 23% at Hooper Avenue and 64% at Walnut Street.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2026)	NJGPA Mathematics (2026)	NJSLA-S Science (2026)			NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)							NJSLA Mathematics (2026)						NJSLA Algebra I (2026)					NJSLA Geometry (2026)					NJSLA Algebra II (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 7th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 8th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 10th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ocean Regional School	Public, Alternative	2-12	1141 Old Freehold Rd	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Office Of Education Department Of Children And Families	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 505-4180	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Ocean County Vocational Technical School Toms River Center	Public	9-12	1299 Old Freehold Road	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Ocean County Vocational Technical School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 473-3100	0	19	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																															$21,252	$5,675	$15,577
Toms River High School North	Public	9-12	1245 Old Freehold Road	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 505-5702	1,861	134	13.8	47.8%	857 (46.1%)	149 (8.0%)	685 (36.8%)	89 (4.8%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	75 (4.0%)	37.2	271^st of 434 public high schools	37.6%		39.4	270^th of 434 public high schools	37.8%	1	67.1	53.8			16.1							45.7									25.7	2.2	22.2			72.0		72.0			$10,382	$104	$10,278
Toms River High School South	Public	9-12	55 Hyers Street	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 505-5738	1,463	91	16.1	41.5%	889 (60.8%)	88 (6.0%)	414 (28.3%)	28 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (3.0%)	34.8	280^th of 434 public high schools	35.5%		31.8	307^th of 434 public high schools	29.3%	27	75.0	49.4			17.4							41.0									18.9	4.0	16.6			62.8		59.4	0.0	0.0	$9,121	$173	$8,948
Toms River Intermediate School East	Public	6-8	1519 Hooper Avenue	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 505-5777	1,271	86	14.7	34.8%	898 (70.7%)	31 (2.4%)	262 (20.6%)	35 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (3.5%)	48.1	364^th of 743 public middle schools	51.0%		53.5	321^st of 752 public middle schools	57.3%	43				15.2					47.7	51.8	51.3					36.1	33.3	29.2	100.0	81.8			83.9		100.0			100.0			$9,226	$49	$9,177
Toms River Intermediate School North	Public	6-8	150 Intermediate North Way	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 505-5800	970	83	11.6	55.5%	397 (40.9%)	86 (8.9%)	386 (39.8%)	64 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	35 (3.6%)	28.7	521^st of 743 public middle schools	29.9%		32.7	485^th of 752 public middle schools	35.5%	36				10.1					36.0	47.6	39.1					19.8	26.7	11.0	90.0	66.7			69.9								$10,800	$589	$10,211
Cedar Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	179 Cedar Grove Road	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 505-5830	931	53	17.7	39.8%	601 (64.6%)	22 (2.4%)	247 (26.5%)	29 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (3.3%)	41.1	784^th of 1331 public elementary schools	41.1%		43.7	761^st of 1347 public elementary schools	43.5%	23			18.8			38.6	45.0	48.1					40.1	52.0	39.1																$9,462	$163	$9,299
East Dover Elementary School	Public	K-5	725 Vaughn Avenue	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 505-5840	584	47	12.4	44.0%	383 (65.6%)	21 (3.6%)	138 (23.6%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	34 (5.8%)	40.9	786^th of 1331 public elementary schools	40.9%		29.9	959^th of 1347 public elementary schools	28.8%	173			21.9			41.5	36.7	49.0					50.0	40.6	41.7																$9,770	$653	$9,117
Hooper Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	1517 Hooper Avenue	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 505-5850	693	47	14.7	23.2%	521 (75.2%)	15 (2.2%)	107 (15.4%)	10 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.6%)	47.7	698^th of 1331 public elementary schools	47.6%		45.7	732^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	45.7%	34			20.5			47.3	44.3	53.3					44.6	50.5	47.5																$9,021	$41	$8,980
North Dover Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1759 New Hampshire Avenue	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 505-5860	384	34	11.2	54.2%	174 (45.3%)	25 (6.5%)	135 (35.2%)	37 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.1%)	42.2	770^th of 1331 public elementary schools	42.1%		51.5	660^th of 1347 public elementary schools	51.0%	110			17.7			46.6	38.1	39.7					65.9	57.1	30.9																$11,108	$672	$10,436
Silver Bay Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Silver Bay Road	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 505-5880	585	41	14.2	34.0%	431 (73.7%)	14 (2.4%)	106 (18.1%)	11 (1.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.6%)	48.6	683^rd of 1331 public elementary schools	48.7%		40.7	800^th of 1347 public elementary schools	40.6%	117			26.6			49.3	49.4	46.7					41.0	49.3	46.7																$10,982	$55	$10,927
Walnut Street Elementary School	Public	K-5	60 Walnut Street	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 505-5900	727	55	13.3	64.4%	245 (33.7%)	84 (11.6%)	329 (45.3%)	29 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.5%)	19.5	1083^rd of 1331 public elementary schools	18.6%		20.7	1089^th of 1347 public elementary schools	19.2%	6			16.1			26.6	26.1	29.3					34.0	23.5	29.6																$9,661	$829	$8,832
Washington Street Elementary School	Public	K-5	500 West Earl Court	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 505-5910	354	25	14.3	42.4%	230 (65.0%)	11 (3.1%)	92 (26.0%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)	49.8	675^th of 1331 public elementary schools	49.3%		41.7	791^st of 1347 public elementary schools	41.3%	116			31.3			58.8	32.0	53.0					51.0	44.4	46.3																$9,051	$450	$8,601
West Dover Elementary School	Public	K-5	50 Blue Jay Drive	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 505-5920	387	28	13.8	42.4%	221 (57.1%)	24 (6.2%)	99 (25.6%)	23 (5.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.9%)	35.4	862^nd of 1331 public elementary schools	35.2%		24.3	1030^th of 1347 public elementary schools	23.5%	168			17.5			33.3	41.5	50.0					26.2	43.9	46.9																$10,855	$852	$10,003
Toms River High School East	Public	9-12	1225 Raider Way	Toms River	08753	Ocean County	Toms River Regional School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(732) 505-5665	1,377	105	13.1	32.3%	977 (71.0%)	43 (3.1%)	266 (19.3%)	44 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (3.3%)	47.1	212^th of 434 public high schools	51.2%		53.4	179^th of 434 public high schools	58.8%	33	75.8	52.0			18.3							54.7									29.1	0.0	27.3			89.4		88.1	29.4	29.4	$10,909	$136	$10,773

Cities Near Zip Code 08753

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Toms River	0.65 mi	21	416^th
Brick	3.01 mi	13	352^nd
Island Heights	3.5 mi	1	132^nd
Pine Beach	3.68 mi	1	441^st
Beachwood	4.58 mi	2	421^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.