NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Mays Landing, NJ

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

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7
Schools
5,973
Students
44.6/100
Avg Resource Index
11.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Mays Landing has more public-school enrollment than 63% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Mays Landing 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.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 7 listed Mays Landing 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Mays Landing lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 112 to 1,852 students, a 17-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 37%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
68th percentile
Teacher staffing
90th percentile

Atlantic County Institute of Technology accounts for 31.0% of all Mays Landing public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Mays Landing-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

Mays Landing school enrollment varies 17× across entities

Mays Landing school enrollment ranges from 112 students (lowest) to 1,852 students (highest), a spread of 1,740 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Mays Landing student-teacher ratio is 11.8:1 — 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. Atlantic County Elementary and Middle Schools 52
2. Oakcrest High School 51
3. George L. Hess Educational Complex 45
4. Atlantic County High School 43
5. Atlantic County Institute of Technology 42
6. Joseph C Shaner Memorial Elementary School 40
7. William Davies Middle School 39

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Mays Landing

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 George L. Hess Educational Complex 74.3/100
  2. 2 William Davies Middle School 73.0/100
  3. 3 Oakcrest High School 72.6/100
  4. 4 Atlantic County Elementary and Middle Schools 71.6/100
  5. 5 Joseph C Shaner Memorial Elementary School 71.3/100

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Which Mays Landing school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Atlantic County Elementary and Middle Schools has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Mays Landing schools in this federal-data comparison at 52/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Mays Landing, NJ? ▼

Mays Landing has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,973 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.8:1.

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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.