NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Cape May Court House, NJ

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

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8
Schools
3,638
Students
50.3/100
Avg Resource Index
9.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Cape May Court House has more public-school enrollment than 39% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Cape May Court House 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.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 8 listed Cape May Court House schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 30-point gap between Cape May County High School and Middle Township High School shows the range hidden by Cape May Court House'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 61%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
88th percentile
Teacher staffing
99th percentile

Middle Township High School accounts for 22.6% of all Cape May Court House public-school enrollment

That concentration means Cape May Court House-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

Cape May Court House school enrollment varies 9.8× across entities

Cape May Court House school enrollment ranges from 84 students (lowest) to 821 students (highest), a spread of 737 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

Cape May Court House student-teacher ratio is 9.7:1 — 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. Cape May County High School 66
2. Ocean Academy 64
3. Middle Township Elementary #4 54
4. Cape May County Technical High School 53
5. Dennis Township Primary School 50
6. Middle Township Elementary #2 40
7. Middle Township Elementary #1 39
8. Middle Township High School 36

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Cape May Court House

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 Middle Township Elementary #2 63.8/100
  2. 2 Middle Township Elementary #4 63.2/100
  3. 3 Middle Township Elementary #1 62.3/100
  4. 4 Ocean Academy 59.6/100
  5. 5 Middle Township High School 58.8/100

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Which Cape May Court House school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Cape May County High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Cape May Court House 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 Cape May Court House, NJ? ▼

Cape May Court House has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,638 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 9.7:1.

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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.