NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Blackwood, NJ

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7 public K-12 schools in Blackwood from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
4,790
Students
51.9/100
Avg Resource Index
12.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Blackwood has more public-school enrollment than 53% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Blackwood lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Blackwood's list includes 3 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between Highland Regional High School and Loring Flemming Elementary School shows the range hidden by Blackwood's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 47%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
91st percentile
Teacher staffing
84th percentile

Highland Regional High School accounts for 24.0% of all Blackwood public-school enrollment

That concentration means Blackwood-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Blackwood school enrollment varies 5.2× across entities

Blackwood school enrollment ranges from 222 students (lowest) to 1,150 students (highest), a spread of 928 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Blackwood student-teacher ratio is 12.5:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Highland Regional High School 66
2. Glen Landing Middle School 60
3. Charles W. Lewis Middle School 58
4. Gloucester Township Elementary School 49
5. Chews Elementary School 45
6. Blackwood Elementary School 43
7. Loring Flemming Elementary School 42

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Blackwood

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Blackwood Elementary School 75.5/100
  2. 2 Charles W. Lewis Middle School 74.1/100
  3. 3 Loring Flemming Elementary School 71.9/100
  4. 4 Highland Regional High School 68.8/100
  5. 5 Glen Landing Middle School 63.1/100

What do families ask about schools in Blackwood?

Which Blackwood school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Highland Regional High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Blackwood schools in this federal-data comparison at 66/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Blackwood, NJ? ▼

Blackwood has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,790 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.