NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Egg Harbor Township, NJ

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8 public K-12 schools in Egg Harbor Township 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
7,780
Students
46.1/100
Avg Resource Index
13.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Egg Harbor Township has more public-school enrollment than 72% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Egg Harbor Township sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Egg Harbor Township's list includes 3 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. 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 50-point gap between Alder Avenue Middle School and Bargaintown Preschool shows the range hidden by Egg Harbor Township'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 28%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
75th percentile
Teacher staffing
78th percentile

Egg Harbor Township High School accounts for 29.3% of all Egg Harbor Township public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Egg Harbor Township-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

Egg Harbor Township school enrollment varies 8.8× across entities

Egg Harbor Township school enrollment ranges from 258 students (lowest) to 2,279 students (highest), a spread of 2,021 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

Egg Harbor Township student-teacher ratio is 13.1:1 — 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

1 of Egg Harbor Township's 8 listed schools are charters

13% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Alder Avenue Middle School 64
2. Fernwood Avenue Middle School 64
3. Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School 58
4. Egg Harbor Township High School 47
5. Swift-Slaybaugh Complex 46
6. Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School 45
7. Principle Academy Charter School 31
8. Bargaintown Preschool 14

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Egg Harbor Township

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 Fernwood Avenue Middle School 74.0/100
  2. 2 Egg Harbor Township High School 72.5/100
  3. 3 Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School 72.0/100
  4. 4 Alder Avenue Middle School 71.6/100
  5. 5 Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School 71.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Egg Harbor Township?

Which Egg Harbor Township school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Alder Avenue Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Egg Harbor Township schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Egg Harbor Township, NJ? ▼

Egg Harbor Township has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,780 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.1:1.

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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.