Public schools in Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Egg Harbor Township has 8 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 7,780 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Egg Harbor Township School District runs 7 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 2 districts and agencies that run Egg Harbor Township's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Egg Harbor TownshipDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Egg Harbor Township School District77,556$24,773
Principle Academy Charter School1472$23,610

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Egg Harbor Township, 2,279 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Egg Harbor Township High School2,27911.141.7%Egg Harbor Township

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Egg Harbor Township, 1,730 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Alder Avenue Middle School91911.641.2%Egg Harbor Township
Fernwood Avenue Middle School81110.343.6%Egg Harbor Township

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 elementary schools in Egg Harbor Township, 3,513 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Swift-Slaybaugh Complex1,42214.732.8%Egg Harbor Township
Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School9809.845.1%Egg Harbor Township
Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School67713.961.9%Egg Harbor Township
Principle Academy Charter School43410.976.5%Principle Academy Charter School

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Egg Harbor Township, 258 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Bargaintown Preschool25810.540.3%Egg Harbor Township

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Egg Harbor Township's public schools compare with New Jersey's

The median Egg Harbor Township school has 11.0 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the New Jersey median of 11.3. 14% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 31% across the state. Its median school enrolls 865 students (state 435).

Egg Harbor Township against New Jersey, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Egg Harbor TownshipNew Jersey
Median students per teacher11.011.3
Median school size (students)865435
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)14%31%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)13%8.1%
Charter schools13%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 8 Egg Harbor Township schools and the 2,480 New Jersey schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Egg Harbor Township

  1. Egg Harbor Township School DistrictRuns 7 of Egg Harbor Township's 8 public schools and spent $24,773 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$24,773
  2. Egg Harbor Township High School, the largest high school in Egg Harbor Township2,279 students in 2024-25, 11.1 per teacher.2,279
  3. Compare Egg Harbor Township School District with Principle Academy Charter SchoolEgg Harbor Township's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in New JerseyNew Jersey's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an Egg Harbor Township addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in New Jersey

  1. Newark78 schools
  2. Jersey City52 schools
  3. Paterson46 schools
  4. Elizabeth38 schools
  5. Trenton34 schools
  6. Hamilton26 schools
  7. Camden22 schools
  8. East Orange21 schools

Questions about schools in Egg Harbor Township

  1. How many public schools are in Egg Harbor Township, NJ?
    8 public schools with an address in Egg Harbor Township were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 7,780 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Egg Harbor Township?
    Egg Harbor Township High School, with 2,279 students in 2024-25 (Egg Harbor Township School District).
  3. Which districts run Egg Harbor Township's schools?
    Egg Harbor Township School District (7 schools), Principle Academy Charter School (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .