[1] In 1834, land was purchased by the trustees of the Deal School District and a two-room schoolhouse was built.
Principals included Ralph Busch, Charles J. Strahan, Frank Parker, Jesse Love, Harry Patterson, Estelle Voorhees, Ernest Smith, Richard Randall, John D.W. Rasp, Donald Vineburg, and Glen Morgan.
Principals included Victoria Green, Edward German, J. Anthony Covino, Joseph Palaia, Douglas Deicke, Camille Tighe, Margaret Grilli, Justine Salvo, and current Victor Milano.
Other principals have included Douglas Deicke, Thomas Pagano, David Enderly, and currently Denise Palaia.
In April 2017, more than 95% of Loch Arbour voters participating in a referendum chose to leave the Ocean Township district and to begin sending students for elementary school to the West Long Branch Public Schools and then move on to attend Shore Regional High School, under the terms of sending/receiving relationships with the two districts by which Loch Arbour would be charged on a per-pupil basis.
From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
The play, an account of the 1998 murder of gay Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, had a pro-LGBT and pro-tolerance message that the two administrators felt would offend conservative community values, Davidow stating "I do not want to draw a line between those who think homosexuality is right and those who think it is wrong.
"[6][7][8][9][10] In the wake of widespread outrage at Pagano's and Davidow's act and calls for their disciplining, the play was reinstated.
All children 3 through 21, who reside in the Township of Ocean School District are provided with access to some kind of special education.