The Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science (MATES) is a comprehensive, selective magnet

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with a focus on marine and environmental science that is part of the Ocean County Vocational School District. The school is located in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of

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directly behind the buildings of the Southern Regional School District and a joint parking lot with Ocean County College's Southern Education Center. As a public school, students attend the school at no charge. Prospective students must complete the application process which includes an entrance exam. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 2005 and is accredited until January 2032.Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 21, 2024. As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 273 students and 21.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.0:1. There were 15 students (5.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 4 (1.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Marine Academy Of Technology And Environmental Science
National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024. Students may be eligible to take college-level courses throughout their course of study.

Awards, recognition and rankings

In 2012, MATES became one of 17 New Jersey schools to be named a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the

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. In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 84th out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked 17th among all high schools in New Jersey. Schooldigger.com ranked the school as one of 16 schools tied for first out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (unchanged from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy (100.0%) and mathematics (100.0%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011
Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 22, 2012.

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School Data for the Ocean County Vocational Technical School District
National Center for Education Statistics

Awards, recognition and rankings

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