NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Ewing, NJ

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

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6
Schools
4,138
Students
46.3/100
Avg Resource Index
13.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Ewing has more public-school enrollment than 46% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Ewing 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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Ewing's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 33-point gap between Gilmore J Fisher Middle School and Trenton Stem-to-Civics Charter School shows the range hidden by Ewing'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 54%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
75th percentile
Teacher staffing
78th percentile

Ewing High School accounts for 27.0% of all Ewing public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Ewing-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

Ewing school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities

Ewing school enrollment ranges from 418 students (lowest) to 1,118 students (highest), a spread of 700 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

Ewing 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 Ewing's 6 listed schools are charters

17% 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. Gilmore J Fisher Middle School 61
2. Parkway Elementary School 52
3. Francis Lore Elementary School 48
4. William L Antheil Elementary School 47
5. Ewing High School 42
6. Trenton Stem-to-Civics Charter School 28

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Ewing

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 Francis Lore Elementary School 74.0/100
  2. 2 William L Antheil Elementary School 71.8/100
  3. 3 Ewing High School 67.0/100
  4. 4 Gilmore J Fisher Middle School 67.0/100
  5. 5 Parkway Elementary School 63.1/100

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Which Ewing school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Gilmore J Fisher Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Ewing schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Ewing, NJ? ▼

Ewing has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,138 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.