Regular local school district · Ocean County
Lakewood Township School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
Lakewood Township School District runs 8 public schools with 4,643 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.0 students per teacher is 1.7 lower than the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 4,643
- Teachers (FTE)
- 466
- Students per teacher
- 10.0
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 200 Ramsey Avenue, Lakewood, NJ 08701
- Phone
- (732)364-2400
- County
- Ocean County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3408220
- State district ID
- NJ-292520
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,215
- School counselors (FTE)
- 22.0About 211 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 20.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.0
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (5,752), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $333.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $62.3 million
- State revenue
- $157.0 million
- Local revenue
- $113.8 million
- Total spending
- $308.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $53,546
- Salaries
- $78.1 million25.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $27.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.7%
- State: 47.1%
- Local: 34.2%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$53,546
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in Lakewood Township School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Clifton Ave Grade School | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 331 | 7.0 |
| Ella G Clarke Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 314 | 8.3 |
| Lakewood Early Childhood Center | Elementary | PK to K | 248 | 5.4 |
| Lakewood High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,295 | 13.6 |
| Lakewood Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 574 | 8.6 |
| Oak Street Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 513 | 7.1 |
| Piner Elementary School | Elementary | PK to K | 364 | 6.9 |
| Spruce Street Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 2 | 554 | 14.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Ocean County
- Toms River Regional School District 14,454 students
- Brick Township Public School District 8,274 students
- Jackson Township School District 7,409 students
- Lacey Township School District 3,939 students
- Barnegat Township School District 3,705 students
- Manchester Township School District 2,916 students
- Southern Regional School District 2,698 students
- Point Pleasant Borough School District 2,679 students
- Stafford Township School District 2,644 students
- Berkeley Township School District 2,385 students
- Central Regional School District 2,187 students
- Little Egg Harbor Township School District 1,680 students
- Pinelands Regional School District 1,571 students
- Plumsted Township School District 1,192 students
- Point Pleasant Beach School District 648 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.