Enrollment Trends at OCVTS

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 418 where 497 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 519 students in 2016 and was lowest at 316 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 519 to 497 students, a net loss of 22 (4.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ocean County Vocational-Technical School since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	519	269	250
2016-17	417 -102	202 -67	215 -35
2017-18	361 -56	191 -11	170 -45
2018-19	369 8	179 -12	190 20
2019-20	364 -5	180 1	184 -6
2020-21	316 -48	179 -1	137 -47
2021-22	435 119	256 77	179 42
2022-23	452 17	209 -47	243 64
2023-24	450 -2	205 -4	245 2
2024-25	497 47	251 46	246 1
Average	418	212	206

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.75%. The percentage was 77.26% 10 years ago and OCVTS still has a high percentage of white students. 1.81% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.86% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 26.16% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.26% to 58.75%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.73% to 1.81%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.83% to 9.86%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.63% to 26.16%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5753 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3836 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ocean County Vocational-Technical School over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	0	9	51	50	0	401	8
2016-17	0	6	42	58	0	301	10
2017-18	0	7	36	45	0	259	14
2018-19	0	6	51	60	1	243	8
2019-20	0	6	40	63	1	248	6
2020-21	0	4	37	50	2	217	6
2021-22	0	5	27	89	0	308	6
2022-23	1	8	54	94	0	281	14
2023-24	3	8	35	126	0	255	23
2024-25	1	9	49	130	0	292	16
Average	1	7	42	77	0	281	11

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Ocean County Vocational-Technical School does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.