Violence, drugs and bullying in all NJ schools: Ocean County

Public schools in Ocean County experienced a sharp increase in reports of violence, bullying and illegal drug use since the year before the pandemic.

Ocean County schools reported 29% more bullying incidents in the 2021-22 school year than in the 2018-19 school year, a New Jersey 101.5 analysis of Department of Education data shows.

Reports of violence climbed by 12% while reports of drug use went up by 2%.

At the same time, schools in New Jersey have been recording an annual decline in enrollment.

In the county, the school with the highest rate of all incidents was New Egypt Middle School in Plumsted Township.

The data is based on the annual School Performance Reports for the 2021-22 school year. All the schools in the county are listed below listed alphabetically in order of school district.

Ocean County schools — Bullying, violence and drug rates

Barnegat High School
Barnegat Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 02.15 — (Total incidents: 19)
Violence rate: 02.61 — (Total incidents: 23)
Drug rate: 03.17 — (Total incidents: 28)

Cecil S. Collins Elementary
Barnegat Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.13 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.52 — (Total incidents: 4)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School
Barnegat Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.61 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Robert L. Horbelt Elementary School
Barnegat Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 01.81 — (Total incidents: 9)
Violence rate: 02.01 — (Total incidents: 10)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Russell O. Brackman Middle School
Barnegat Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 01.62 — (Total incidents: 9)
Violence rate: 03.06 — (Total incidents: 17)
Drug rate: 01.26 — (Total incidents: 7)

Bay Head Elementary
Bay Head Borough School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.76 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Brick Township High School
Brick Township Public School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.08 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 01.43 — (Total incidents: 17)
Drug rate: 02.45 — (Total incidents: 29)

Brick Township Memorial High School
Brick Township Public School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.79 — (Total incidents: 10)
Violence rate: 02.62 — (Total incidents: 33)
Drug rate: 02.69 — (Total incidents: 34)

Emma Havens Young Elementary School
Brick Township Public School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.27 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Lake Riviera Middle School
Brick Township Public School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.11 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 02.79 — (Total incidents: 26)
Drug rate: 0.21 — (Total incidents: 2)

Lanes Mill Elementary School
Brick Township Public School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.36 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 01.09 — (Total incidents: 6)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Veterans Memorial Middle School
Brick Township Public School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 01.94 — (Total incidents: 18)
Violence rate: 06.03 — (Total incidents: 56)
Drug rate: 01.08 — (Total incidents: 10)

Central Regional High School
Central Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.58 — (Total incidents: 9)
Violence rate: 01.49 — (Total incidents: 23)
Drug rate: 01.29 — (Total incidents: 20)

Central Regional Middle School
Central Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.90 — (Total incidents: 7)
Violence rate: 0.38 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 0.13 — (Total incidents: 1)

Carl W. Goetz Middle School
Jackson Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.10 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.10 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.10 — (Total incidents: 1)

Christa McAuliffe Middle School
Jackson Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 01.56 — (Total incidents: 12)
Violence rate: 0.91 — (Total incidents: 7)
Drug rate: 0.78 — (Total incidents: 6)

Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School
Jackson Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.35 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Howard C. Johnson Elementary School
Jackson Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.27 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.27 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Jackson Liberty High School
Jackson Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.55 — (Total incidents: 6)
Violence rate: 01.01 — (Total incidents: 11)
Drug rate: 02.11 — (Total incidents: 23)

Jackson Memorial High School
Jackson Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.13 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.33 — (Total incidents: 5)
Drug rate: 0.40 — (Total incidents: 6)

Lucy N. Holman Elementary School
Jackson Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.38 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Switlik Elementary School
Jackson Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.69 — (Total incidents: 6)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Cedar Creek Elementary School
Lacey Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.23 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Lacey Township High School
Lacey Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.93 — (Total incidents: 11)
Violence rate: 0.68 — (Total incidents: 8)
Drug rate: 0.25 — (Total incidents: 3)

Lacey Township Middle School
Lacey Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 01.78 — (Total incidents: 11)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.48 — (Total incidents: 3)

Lanoka Harbor Elementary School
Lacey Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.44 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Mill Pond Elementary School
Lacey Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 01.74 — (Total incidents: 12)
Violence rate: 0.58 — (Total incidents: 4)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Lakehurst Elementary School
Lakehurst School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.49 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 02.68 — (Total incidents: 11)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Clifton Ave Grade School
Lakewood Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.26 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Ella G Clarke Elementary School
Lakewood Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.28 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Lakewood High School
Lakewood Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.52 — (Total incidents: 7)
Violence rate: 02.01 — (Total incidents: 27)
Drug rate: 01.64 — (Total incidents: 22)

Lakewood Middle School
Lakewood Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.28 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.74 — (Total incidents: 8)
Drug rate: 0.65 — (Total incidents: 7)

Oak Street Elem School
Lakewood Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.33 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.33 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Piner Elementary School
Lakewood Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.49 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.49 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Lavallette Elementary School
Lavallette Borough School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 02.16 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Frog Pond Elementary School
Little Egg Harbor Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 01.55 — (Total incidents: 12)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

George J. Mitchell Elementary School
Little Egg Harbor Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.83 — (Total incidents: 5)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Manchester Regional Day School
Manchester Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 01.65 — (Total incidents: 1)

Manchester Township High School
Manchester Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.66 — (Total incidents: 6)
Violence rate: 01.64 — (Total incidents: 15)
Drug rate: 01.97 — (Total incidents: 18)

Manchester Township Middle School
Manchester Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 01.08 — (Total incidents: 7)
Violence rate: 02.46 — (Total incidents: 16)
Drug rate: 0.46 — (Total incidents: 3)

Whiting Elementary School
Manchester Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.40 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Ocean County Vocational Technical School Brick Center
Ocean County Vocational Technical School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.66 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.33 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.33 — (Total incidents: 1)

Ocean County Vocational Technical School Jackson Center
Ocean County Vocational Technical School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.62 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.62 — (Total incidents: 1)

Ocean County Vocational Technical School Waretown Center
Ocean County Vocational Technical School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy
Ocean County Vocational Technical School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.36 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Frederic A. Priff Elementary School
Ocean Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 01.55 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.78 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Waretown Elementary School
Ocean Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.36 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Pinelands Regional High School
Pinelands Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.49 — (Total incidents: 5)
Violence rate: 02.83 — (Total incidents: 29)
Drug rate: 02.25 — (Total incidents: 23)

Pinelands Regional Jr. High School
Pinelands Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 01.33 — (Total incidents: 7)
Violence rate: 03.03 — (Total incidents: 16)
Drug rate: 0.38 — (Total incidents: 2)

Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School
Plumsted Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.20 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

New Egypt High School
Plumsted Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.99 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.99 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 03.31 — (Total incidents: 10)

New Egypt Middle School
Plumsted Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 07.15 — (Total incidents: 19)
Violence rate: 03.38 — (Total incidents: 9)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

G. Harold Antrim Elementary School
Point Pleasant Beach School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.88 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.29 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Point Pleasant Beach High School
Point Pleasant Beach School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 01.08 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.27 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.27 — (Total incidents: 1)

Memorial Middle School
Point Pleasant Borough School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.49 — (Total incidents: 3)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School
Point Pleasant Borough School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.14 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.14 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Ocean Road Elementary School
Point Pleasant Borough School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.20 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.40 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Point Pleasant Borough High School
Point Pleasant Borough School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.23 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.58 — (Total incidents: 5)
Drug rate: 01.86 — (Total incidents: 16)

Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School
Seaside Heights School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.99 — (Total incidents: 2)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Southern Regional High School
Southern Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.11 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.58 — (Total incidents: 11)
Drug rate: 0.53 — (Total incidents: 10)

Southern Regional Middle School
Southern Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.45 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.68 — (Total incidents: 6)

McKinley Avenue Elementary School
Stafford Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 0.17 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Ocean Acres Elementary School
Stafford Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.66 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.49 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Stafford Intermediate School
Stafford Township School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 01.15 — (Total incidents: 7)
Violence rate: 0.16 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

East Dover Elementary School
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Violence rate: 01.06 — (Total incidents: 7)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Hooper Avenue Elementary School
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.30 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Joseph A. Citta Elementary School
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.40 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

North Dover Elementary School
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.47 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 0.23 — (Total incidents: 1)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Silver Bay Elementary School
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.16 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

South Toms River Elementary School
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.35 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Toms River High School East
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.54 — (Total incidents: 8)
Violence rate: 01.01 — (Total incidents: 15)
Drug rate: 02.09 — (Total incidents: 31)

Toms River High School North
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.66 — (Total incidents: 12)
Violence rate: 01.42 — (Total incidents: 26)
Drug rate: 0.77 — (Total incidents: 14)

Toms River High School South
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.70 — (Total incidents: 9)
Violence rate: 02.42 — (Total incidents: 31)
Drug rate: 01.95 — (Total incidents: 25)

Toms River Intermediate School East
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.92 — (Total incidents: 12)
Violence rate: 01.60 — (Total incidents: 21)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Toms River Intermediate School North
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 02.28 — (Total incidents: 25)
Violence rate: 01.64 — (Total incidents: 18)
Drug rate: 01.0 — (Total incidents: 11)

Toms River Intermediate School South
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 04.11 — (Total incidents: 42)
Violence rate: 01.47 — (Total incidents: 15)
Drug rate: 0.20 — (Total incidents: 2)

Walnut Street Elementary School
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.54 — (Total incidents: 4)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Washington Street Elementary School
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.31 — (Total incidents: 1)
Violence rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

West Dover Elementary School
Toms River Regional School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 01.35 — (Total incidents: 5)
Violence rate: 0.81 — (Total incidents: 3)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)

Tuckerton Elementary School
Tuckerton Borough School District
(Ocean)
Bullying rate: 0.68 — (Total incidents: 2)
Violence rate: 01.37 — (Total incidents: 4)
Drug rate: 0.0 — (Total incidents: 0)