Editing Ocean County, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
===Tertiary education===
[[Ocean County College]] is the two-year [[community college]] for Ocean County, one of a network of 19 [[:Category:New Jersey County Colleges|county colleges]] statewide. The school is in [[Toms River, New Jersey|Toms River]] and was founded in 1964.<ref>[http://www.ocean.edu/advancement/Heritage_Society.htm Heritage Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616043656/http://www.ocean.edu/advancement/Heritage_Society.htm |date=June 16, 2012 }}, [[Ocean County College]]. Accessed October 1, 2013.</ref>

[[Georgian Court University]] in [[Lakewood Township, New Jersey|Lakewood Township]] is a private [[Roman Catholic]] [[Sisters of Mercy]] college, which opened in 1908 on the former winter estate of millionaire [[George Jay Gould I]], son of railroad tycoon [[Jay Gould]]. Lakewood is also home to [[Beth Medrash Govoha]], a [[Haredi]] [[yeshiva]] with 5,000 students, making it one of the largest yeshivas in the world<ref>Fahim, Kareem. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/nyregion/10lakewood.html "As Orthodox Population Grows, So Do Tensions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030150557/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/nyregion/10lakewood.html |date=October 30, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 10, 2007. Accessed August 23, 2014. "Many Orthodox Jews have been drawn to Lakewood by the prestige of the town's yeshiva, Beth Medrash Govoha, one of the largest rabbinical colleges in the world. The yeshiva was founded in 1943 by a Polish-born rabbi, Aaron Kotler. In 1962, when Rabbi Kotler died, the school had 250 students. It now has about 5,000."</ref> and the largest outside the [[State of Israel]].<ref name=LargestYeshivaOutsideIsrael/><ref name=LargestYeshivaNorthAmerica/>

[[Stockton University]] has a campus located in [[Manahawkin, New Jersey|Manahawkin]] offering [[undergraduate education|undergraduate]] and [[graduate education|graduate]] colleges of the arts, sciences and professional studies of the New Jersey state system of higher education.<ref>[https://stockton.edu/manahawkin/ Manahawkin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319112045/https://stockton.edu/manahawkin/ |date=March 19, 2017 }}, [[Stockton University]]. Accessed October 21, 2017.</ref>

===Primary and secondary schools===
[[File:The old Beis Madrash Building of BMG.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Beth Medrash Govoha]] in [[Lakewood Township, New Jersey|Lakewood]] is the world's largest [[yeshiva]] outside of [[Israel]].<ref name=LargestYeshivaOutsideIsrael>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2019/04/lakewood-yeshiva-looks-to-use-old-golf-course-for-new-campus.html|title=Lakewood yeshiva looks to use old golf course for new campus|author=Steve Strunsky|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|date=April 16, 2019|access-date=April 19, 2019|quote=Beth Medrash Gohova is said to be the world's largest Jewish-affiliated university outside of Israel.|archive-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416231806/https://www.nj.com/news/2019/04/lakewood-yeshiva-looks-to-use-old-golf-course-for-new-campus.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=LargestYeshivaNorthAmerica>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/ocean/2017/08/11_ways_lakewood_is_like_nowhere_else_in_nj.html|title=10 ways Lakewood is unlike anywhere else in N.J.|author=Stephen Stirling|date=August 3, 2017|publisher=NJ Advance Media|access-date=April 19, 2019|quote=The sea change can be pinned to one event: The founding of the Beth Medrash Govoha yeshiva in the mid-20th century. The Orthodox Jewish community has set down roots en masse around the religious school, which is now the largest yeshiva in North America.|archive-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416233313/https://www.nj.com/ocean/2017/08/11_ways_lakewood_is_like_nowhere_else_in_nj.html|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
School districts in the county include:<ref name=NJDOE>[https://homeroom5.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district.php?source=01&county=ocean New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129022054/https://homeroom5.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district.php?source=01&county=ocean |date=November 29, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed August 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_list.asp?Search=1&details=1&State=34&County=Ocean+County Search for Public School Districts in Ocean County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513201323/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_list.asp?Search=1&details=1&State=34&County=Ocean+County |date=May 13, 2024 }}, [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed August 1, 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34029_ocean/DC20SD_C34029.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807025430/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34029_ocean/DC20SD_C34029.pdf|archive-date=August 7, 2022|url-status=live|title=2020 census - school district reference map: Ocean County, NJ|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=August 6, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34029_ocean/DC20SD_C34029_SD2MS.txt Text list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807025435/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34029_ocean/DC20SD_C34029_SD2MS.txt |date=August 7, 2022 }}</ref>

;K-12:
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* [[Barnegat Township School District]]
* [[Brick Public Schools]]
* [[Jackson School District (New Jersey)|Jackson School District]]
* [[Lacey Township School District]]
* [[Lakewood School District (New Jersey)|Lakewood School District]]
* [[Manchester Township School District]]
* [[Plumsted Township School District]]
* [[Point Pleasant Beach School District]]
* [[Point Pleasant School District]]
* [[Toms River Regional Schools]]
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;Secondary:
* [[Central Regional School District]]
* [[Ocean County Vocational Technical School]]
* [[Pinelands Regional School District]]
* [[Southern Regional School District]]

;Elementary (K-6, except as noted):
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* [[Bay Head School District]] (K-8)
* [[Beach Haven School District]]
* [[Berkeley Township School District]]
* [[Eagleswood Township School District]]
* [[Island Heights School District]]
* [[Lakehurst School District]] (K-8)
* [[Lavallette School District]] (K-8)
* [[Little Egg Harbor Township School District]]
* [[Long Beach Island Consolidated School District]]
* [[Ocean Gate School District]]
* [[Ocean Township School District (Ocean County, New Jersey)|Ocean Township School District]]
* [[Seaside Heights School District]]
* [[Seaside Park School District]] (non-operating)
* [[Stafford Township School District]]
* [[Tuckerton School District]]
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New Jersey's largest suburban school district, [[Toms River Regional Schools]], is located in Ocean County.<ref>[http://www.planning.co.ocean.nj.us/econdev.htm Economic Development] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329185225/http://www.planning.co.ocean.nj.us/econdev.htm |date=March 29, 2018 }}, Ocean County Department of Planning. Accessed August 23, 2014. "Toms River Regional School District in the largest suburban district in New Jersey, fourth largest overall with 18,000 students."</ref> Toms River is also home to the county's only Roman Catholic high school, [[Monsignor Donovan High School]], operated by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]], which also has six elementary schools located in the county.<ref>[http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/ocean-county-schools/ Ocean County Catholic Schools] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411001420/http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/ocean-county-schools/ |date=April 11, 2016 }}, [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]]. Accessed January 22, 2017.</ref>

In addition to multiple [[List of high schools in New Jersey#Ocean County|public high schools]], the county has an extensive vocational high school program, known as the [[Ocean County Vocational Technical School]] district. In addition to its campuses in [[Brick Township, New Jersey|Brick]], Toms River, [[Waretown, New Jersey|Waretown]], and [[Jackson Township, New Jersey|Jackson]], it contains three [[magnet schools]]:<ref>[http://www.ocvts.org/htm/academies.html Full Time Academies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008203847/http://www.ocvts.org/htm/academies.html |date=October 8, 2013 }}, [[Ocean County Vocational Technical School]]. Accessed October 6, 2013.</ref>
*[[Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science]] (MATES)
*[[OCVTS Performing Arts Academy]] – theater, dance, and vocal
*OCVTS Academy of Law and Public Safety (ALPS)<ref>{{Cite web |title=OCVTS {{!}} Academy of Law and Public Safety (ALPS) |url=https://www.ocvts.org/alps |access-date=September 24, 2023 |website=OCVTS |language=en |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116171023/https://www.ocvts.org/alps |url-status=live }}</ref>