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Ocean Gate borough, NJ
ZIP 08740 — Schools & Education
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates. Page data updated 2026-08-02.
Middle ClassLow Snow Area
School district, nearby K-12 schools, and universities
Schools & Education in ZIP 08740
K-12 nearby
77
Public
49
Private
28
Avg enrollment
—
ZIP 08740 (Ocean Gate, NJ) is associated with Berkeley Township School District (LEA 3401560) on US5’s NCES EDGE district mapping. District assignment is ZIP/ZCTA-based and can span multiple attendance boundaries — confirm school assignment with the district for enrollment.
Within about 10 miles, US5 lists 77 K-12 schools (49 public, 28 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 5.8 miles.
ACS estimates show about 1.4% of school-enrolled residents in this ZIP attending private school — a ZIP-level share, not a per-campus rate.
The nearest college/university on US5 is Ocean County College about 5.6 miles away (2yr-public).
District & higher education
School district
Berkeley Township School District
LEA ID
3401560
Private school share (ACS)
1.4%
Colleges & universities (100)
- Ocean County College5.6 miles (9.1 km)2yr-public
- Beth Medrash of Asbury Park8.8 miles (14.2 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical Seminary Mkor Chaim9.1 miles (14.6 km)4yr-private
- American Institute-Toms River9.1 miles (14.7 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yaakov Yitzchok9.9 miles (15.9 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah10.1 miles (16.2 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah10.5 miles (16.9 km)4yr-private
- Seminary Bnos Chaim11.3 miles (18.2 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel11.6 miles (18.7 km)4yr-private
- Keser Torah-Mayan Hatalmud11.8 miles (19.0 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Woodlake Village11.9 miles (19.2 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Toras Chaim11.9 miles (19.2 km)4yr-private
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- Beth Medrash Govoha12.3 miles (19.8 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Bais Aharon12.4 miles (19.9 km)4yr-private
- Bais Medrash Toras Chesed12.4 miles (20.0 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yerachmiel12.4 miles (20.0 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Keren Hatorah12.7 miles (20.4 km)4yr-private
- Georgian Court University12.7 miles (20.5 km)4yr-private
- Bais Medrash Mayan Hatorah12.8 miles (20.6 km)4yr-private
- Mosdos Yaakov V'Yisroel13.0 miles (20.9 km)4yr-private
- Yeshivas Emek Hatorah13.6 miles (21.9 km)4yr-private
- Talmudical Academy-New Jersey20.8 miles (33.5 km)4yr-private
- MCI Institute of NJ23.6 miles (38.0 km)2yr-private
- Monmouth University25.2 miles (40.6 km)4yr-private
- Brookdale Community College27.4 miles (44.0 km)2yr-public
- Mercer County Community College35.2 miles (56.7 km)2yr-public
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood35.7 miles (57.5 km)4yr-private
- Stockton University36.7 miles (59.1 km)4yr-public
- Capital Health School of Radiologic Technology37.6 miles (60.5 km)2yr-private
- Capital Health School of Nursing37.6 miles (60.5 km)2yr-private
- Thomas Edison State University39.0 miles (62.7 km)4yr-public
- Rider University39.9 miles (64.2 km)4yr-private
- Princeton University40.0 miles (64.4 km)4yr-private
- Princeton Theological Seminary40.1 miles (64.6 km)4yr-private
- Rowan College at Burlington County40.2 miles (64.7 km)2yr-public
- Chamberlain University-New Jersey40.4 miles (65.0 km)4yr-private
- Pennco Tech-Bristol40.5 miles (65.2 km)2yr-private
- The College of New Jersey41.2 miles (66.3 km)4yr-public
- Middlesex College41.6 miles (66.9 km)2yr-public
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph School41.8 miles (67.3 km)4yr-private
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick42.6 miles (68.6 km)4yr-public
- New Brunswick Theological Seminary42.8 miles (68.9 km)4yr-private
- Atlantic Cape Community College43.3 miles (69.7 km)2yr-public
- Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary43.5 miles (70.0 km)4yr-private
- Cairn University-Langhorne44.0 miles (70.8 km)4yr-private
- DeVry University-New Jersey44.4 miles (71.4 km)4yr-private
- Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield45.5 miles (73.2 km)2yr-private
- Holy Family University45.9 miles (73.8 km)4yr-private
- CUNY Kingsborough Community College46.0 miles (74.1 km)2yr-public
- Strayer University-Pennsylvania46.0 miles (74.1 km)4yr-private
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia46.4 miles (74.7 km)2yr-private
- American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education46.4 miles (74.7 km)2yr-private
- College of Staten Island CUNY46.5 miles (74.8 km)4yr-public
- American Institute-Cherry Hill46.5 miles (74.9 km)2yr-private
- Strayer University-New Jersey46.7 miles (75.2 km)4yr-private
- St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island46.8 miles (75.3 km)2yr-private
- Merkaz Bnos-Business School47.0 miles (75.7 km)2yr-private
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Philadelphia47.0 miles (75.7 km)2yr-private
- Wagner College47.5 miles (76.4 km)4yr-private
- Orleans Technical College47.6 miles (76.6 km)2yr-private
- Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute47.6 miles (76.6 km)4yr-private
- Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah47.7 miles (76.8 km)4yr-private
- Elyon College47.8 miles (77.0 km)2yr-private
- Center for Allied Health Education47.9 miles (77.1 km)2yr-private
- American Institute-Somerset48.0 miles (77.3 km)2yr-private
- Yeshivat Hechal Shemuel48.1 miles (77.4 km)4yr-private
- Central Yeshiva Beth Joseph48.3 miles (77.8 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael48.4 miles (77.9 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin48.5 miles (78.0 km)4yr-private
- Yeshivas Novominsk48.6 miles (78.2 km)4yr-private
- Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander48.6 miles (78.2 km)4yr-private
- Bucks County Community College48.8 miles (78.5 km)2yr-public
- Yeshiva Karlin Stolin48.8 miles (78.5 km)4yr-private
- Camden County College48.8 miles (78.6 km)2yr-public
- JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools48.8 miles (78.6 km)2yr-private
- Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College48.9 miles (78.7 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka48.9 miles (78.7 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Sholom Shachna49.0 miles (78.9 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion49.2 miles (79.2 km)4yr-private
- Yeshivas Sanz Klauzenburg49.2 miles (79.2 km)4yr-private
- Bnos Zion Of Bobov Seminary49.3 miles (79.3 km)2yr-private
- New York Seminary49.3 miles (79.3 km)2yr-private
- Talmudical Seminary of Bobov49.3 miles (79.4 km)4yr-private
- Seminar L'moros Bais Yaakov49.4 miles (79.5 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas49.5 miles (79.6 km)4yr-private
- Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron Meilech49.5 miles (79.6 km)4yr-private
- Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute49.5 miles (79.6 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer49.5 miles (79.7 km)4yr-private
- CUNY Brooklyn College49.5 miles (79.7 km)4yr-public
- Manhattan School of Computer Technology49.6 miles (79.8 km)2yr-private
- Yeshiva Derech Chaim49.6 miles (79.8 km)4yr-private
- Pennco Tech-Blackwood49.7 miles (80.0 km)2yr-private
- Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary49.8 miles (80.1 km)4yr-private
- Rabbinical College Ohr Yisroel50.0 miles (80.5 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes Boruch50.2 miles (80.8 km)4yr-private
- Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid50.4 miles (81.1 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh50.7 miles (81.7 km)4yr-private
- Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary50.8 miles (81.8 km)4yr-private
- Bryn Athyn College of the New Church50.9 miles (81.9 km)4yr-private
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University51.1 miles (82.2 km)4yr-public
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Gate Elementary School | public | — | — | 0.5 miles (0.7 km) |
| H & M Potter School | public | — | — | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
| Island Heights Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| Bayville Elementary School | public | — | — | 1.4 miles (2.2 km) |
| OCEAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| Berkeley Township Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| Pine Beach Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Toms River High School East | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Washington Street Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| East Dover Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.1 km) |
| Beachwood Elementary School | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Clara B. Worth Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.9 km) |
| Cedar Grove Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| DONOVAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| ST JOSEPH GRADE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
| Toms River High School South | public | — | — | 3.6 miles (5.8 km) |
| Toms River Intermediate School South | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| WESTMINSTER NURSERY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| Walnut Street Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| South Toms River Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| Central Regional High School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Lavallette Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Ocean Regional School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| Central Regional Middle School | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Toms River High School North | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| Hooper Avenue Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.8 km) |
| Toms River Intermediate School East | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.9 km) |
| Ocean County Vocational Technical School Toms River Center | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (8.0 km) |
| Lanoka Harbor Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Cedar Creek Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) |
| Mill Pond Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.3 miles (8.5 km) |
| OCEAN COUNTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| Silver Bay Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.4 miles (8.7 km) |
| THE GODDARD SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.8 km) |
| Toms River Intermediate School North | public | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.9 km) |
| THE EDUCATION ACADEMY | private | — | — | 5.5 miles (8.9 km) |
| Lacey Township High School | public | — | — | 5.6 miles (9.1 km) |
| OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy | public | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.3 km) |
| West Dover Elementary School | public | — | — | 5.8 miles (9.4 km) |
| Lacey Township Middle School | public | — | — | 5.9 miles (9.5 km) |
| OCEAN RCH | public | — | — | 6.6 miles (10.6 km) |
| Forked River Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.7 miles (10.7 km) |
| North Dover Elementary School | public | — | — | 6.9 miles (11.1 km) |
| Lake Riviera Middle School | public | — | — | 7.0 miles (11.2 km) |
| OCEAN CO JDC | public | — | — | 7.0 miles (11.3 km) |
| Emma Havens Young Elementary School | public | — | — | 7.9 miles (12.7 km) |
| Drum Point Road Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.0 miles (12.8 km) |
| Osbornville Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.0 miles (12.9 km) |
| Joseph A. Citta Elementary School | public | — | — | 8.3 miles (13.3 km) |
| MESIVTA OF EATONTOWN | private | — | — | 8.5 miles (13.6 km) |
| LEHMANN SCHOOL & TECH ED CENTER | private | — | — | 9.0 miles (14.5 km) |
| TALMUD TORAH BAIS AVROHOM | private | — | — | 9.0 miles (14.5 km) |
| CONGREGATION YESHIVA MKOR CHAIM | private | — | — | 9.1 miles (14.6 km) |
| Manchester Township Middle School | public | — | — | 9.1 miles (14.7 km) |
| BELZ INSTITUTIONS/ BAIS MALKA | private | — | — | 9.1 miles (14.7 km) |
| TIFERES CHAIM | private | — | — | 9.2 miles (14.8 km) |
| YESHIVAS OHR HACHINUCH | private | — | — | 9.2 miles (14.8 km) |
| MACHZIKEI HADAS | private | — | — | 9.2 miles (14.8 km) |
| CHEDVAS BAIS YAAKOV HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 9.2 miles (14.8 km) |
| Ridgeway Elementary School | public | — | — | 9.3 miles (14.9 km) |
| MESIVTA AHAVAS HATORAH D'LAKEWOOD | private | — | — | 9.3 miles (14.9 km) |
| TT TORAS YISROEL | private | — | — | 9.6 miles (15.4 km) |
| Warren H. Wolf Early Childhood Development Center | public | — | — | 9.6 miles (15.5 km) |
| MESIVATA NEZER HATORAH | private | — | — | 9.8 miles (15.7 km) |
| MESIVTA NEZER HATORAH | private | — | — | 9.8 miles (15.7 km) |
| YESHIVA SHAAREI ORAH | private | — | — | 9.8 miles (15.7 km) |
| YESHIVA OHR SHRAGA LAKEWOOD | private | — | — | 9.8 miles (15.7 km) |
| Ocean Academy Charter School | public | — | — | 9.8 miles (15.8 km) |
| Midstreams Elementary School | public | — | — | 9.8 miles (15.8 km) |
| YESHIVA BIRCHAS CHAIM | private | — | — | 9.8 miles (15.8 km) |
| MEOROS BAIS YAAKOV | private | — | — | 9.8 miles (15.9 km) |
| CHEIN BAIS YAAKOV | private | — | — | 9.9 miles (15.9 km) |
| OROS BAIS YAKOV | private | — | — | 9.9 miles (15.9 km) |
| NEEMAS BAIS YAAKOV | private | — | — | 9.9 miles (15.9 km) |
| BAIS YAAKOV BNOS CHAYIL | private | — | — | 9.9 miles (16.0 km) |
| Brick Township High School | public | — | — | 10.0 miles (16.1 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 08740
What school district is ZIP code 08740 in?
ZIP 08740 (Ocean Gate, NJ) maps to Berkeley Township School District (LEA ID 3401560) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 08740?
US5 lists 77 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 49 public and 28 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 08740 attend private school?
About 1.4% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 08740 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 33.1% |
| High school | 41.8% |
| Less than HS | 5.8% |
| School district | Berkeley Township School District |