The Gateway School, 60 High Street, Carteret, is an approved private school for students with disabilities that serves about 60 students, ages 5-21, as part of a network of special education schools that include the Alpha School, Jackson, and the Harbor School, Eatontown. All three schools provide education, therapeutic, and behavioral support for children who have challenges, such as being multiple disabled; cognitively impaired; and have autistic spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, traumatic brain injury; behavioral disorders, or other health impairments. Students come from many New Jersey counties and more than 70 school districts. 

Three PrimeTime Centers in Brick, Carteret, and Eatontown offer day habilitation programs with an emphasis on independent living and actual community experiences that are designed for adults with developmental disabilities, over age 21.