NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Little Egg Harbor, NJ

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

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5
Schools
3,243
Students
49.4/100
Avg Resource Index
10.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Little Egg Harbor has more public-school enrollment than 32% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Little Egg Harbor 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

Little Egg Harbor's list includes 2 elementary, 1 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 28-point gap between Pinelands Regional Jr. High School and George J. Mitchell Elementary School shows the range hidden by Little Egg Harbor'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 68%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
85th percentile
Teacher staffing
97th percentile

Pinelands Regional High School accounts for 32.8% of all Little Egg Harbor public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Little Egg Harbor-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

Little Egg Harbor school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities

Little Egg Harbor school enrollment ranges from 318 students (lowest) to 1,063 students (highest), a spread of 745 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

Little Egg Harbor student-teacher ratio is 10.5:1 — 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. Pinelands Regional Jr. High School 63
2. Pinelands Regional High School 57
3. Frog Pond Elementary School 50
4. Robert C. Wood Sr Early Childhood Center 42
5. George J. Mitchell Elementary School 35

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Little Egg Harbor

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 Pinelands Regional Jr. High School 37.8/100
  2. 2 Frog Pond Elementary School 36.9/100
  3. 3 George J. Mitchell Elementary School 36.9/100
  4. 4 Pinelands Regional High School 35.0/100
  5. 5 Robert C. Wood Sr Early Childhood Center 34.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Little Egg Harbor?

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

Pinelands Regional Jr. High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Little Egg Harbor schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

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

Little Egg Harbor has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,243 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.5:1.

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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.