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Toms River Information
The Township of Toms River is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United
States. On November 7, 2006, voters approved a change of the official name of
Township of Dover (or, Dover Township) to the Township of Toms River, effective
November 14, 2006.
As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of
89,706. The 2004 population estimate is 94,320, making it the seventh most
populous municipality in New Jersey. The Census Bureau further estimates that as
of July 2005 the Toms River area had grown to over 97,000 residents, further
establishing the community as one of the fastest-growing in the state. With an
average of over 2,000 new residents per year, at the conclusion of the year
2006, the population will most likely be over 100,000.
Dover Beaches North (2000 Census population of 1,785), Dover Beaches South
(1,594) and Toms River CDP (86,327) are census-designated places and
unincorporated areas located within Toms River Township.
Many residents of the neighboring towns of Beachwood, Pine Beach, and South Toms
River believe they are part of Toms River Township. Part of the confusion is due
to the Toms River Regional Schools District,which accepts students from those
towns. However, Toms River Township is one town and has no other towns included
in it. Ortley Beach, Normandy Beach, and Ocean Beach are considered by many
residents to be towns in Toms River, but they are just neighborhoods within Toms
River.
In 2006, Toms River was ranked by Morgan Quitno as the fourteenth safest "city"
in the United States, of 369 cities nationwide.
Students in grades K through 12 attend the Toms River Regional Schools, a
regional public school system (centered primarily in Toms River Township) which
is the largest suburban school district in New Jersey, with a total student
enrollment of about 19,000 students in 18 district schools. In addition to Toms
River Township (14,919 students), the district incorporates the boroughs of
Beachwood (2,202 students), Pine Beach (325 students) and South Toms River (830
students).
Toms River Regional Schools includes twelve elementary schools, three
intermediate schools which are among the largest in the state, and three high
schools, which are Toms River High School South, Toms River High School North,
and Toms River High School East. In the district, there are approximately 6,200
student enrolled in high school (Grades 9-12), 4,400 students enrolled in
intermediate school (Grades 6-8), and 8,500 students enrolled in elementary
school (Grades K-5).
In addition, Ocean County's only Catholic High School, Monsignor Donovan High
School, is located in Toms River.
Ocean County College, a two-year college with four-year options in cooperation
with other NJ colleges and universities, is also located on Hooper Avenue in
Toms River.