Ocean City High School
Ocean City, NJ · High School · Grades 9-12
Ocean City High School is a high school in Ocean City, NJ with 1,215 students enrolled and a 74% proficiency rate. Part of Ocean City School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
Ocean City High School is a high school in Ocean City, NJ, enrolling 1,215 students in grades 9-12 within the Ocean City School District. That headcount is above the 622-student average for schools in the district.
On the latest EDFacts assessments, 74% of students reached grade-level proficiency in combined math and reading — a rate near the top of the national distribution. That is 11 points above the 62% average for the Ocean City School District. Against the 56% New Jersey statewide average, the school sits 17 points higher.
Over the last three reported years the district proficiency rate this school inherits has risen by about 19 points. As a high school, it reports a 92% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.
The student-teacher ratio is 9.7 to 1, well below the U.S. average of about 16 to 1; unusually low ratios often reflect specialty programs or small-by-design campuses. A relatively low 13% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
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About This School
Ocean City High School is a high school located in Ocean City, New Jersey. The school serves 1,215 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 9.7:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 74% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 92% graduation rate.
13% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Ocean City High School is part of the Ocean City School District in New Jersey.
How This School Compares
Ocean City High School has 1,215 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Ocean City School District (622 students). Its 74% proficiency rate is 11 percentage points above the district average of 62%. Compared to the New Jersey state average of 56%, the school performs 17 points higher. With a 9.7:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ocean City High School has 1,215 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 9.7:1.
According to EDFacts data, 74% of students at Ocean City High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Ocean City High School has a 92% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Ocean City High School is part of the Ocean City School District in Ocean City, New Jersey. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.