NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Pemberton, NJ

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6 public K-12 schools in Pemberton 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
2,868
Students
50.3/100
Avg Resource Index
10.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pemberton has more public-school enrollment than 27% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Pemberton's 6 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Pemberton's list includes 2 elementary, 2 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.

One district, but meaningful resource variation

Pemberton's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 88th percentile among listed cities. Shared governance removes one source of policy variation, but it does not erase campus differences by grade span or enrollment. The 14-point gap between Newcomb Middle School and Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center measures the remaining local spread. Use the district-level picture for common budget context, then compare the school components to see whether staffing, counseling, gifted-program reporting, or attendance accounts for each campus's position.

City enrollment
Top 73%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
88th percentile
Teacher staffing
95th percentile

Pemberton Township High School accounts for 33.9% of all Pemberton public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Pemberton-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

Pemberton school enrollment varies 3.6× across entities

Pemberton school enrollment ranges from 273 students (lowest) to 972 students (highest), a spread of 699 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

Pemberton operates one school district — a single-district system

Pemberton's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pemberton student-teacher ratio is 10.9:1 — 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. Newcomb Middle School 57
2. Pemberton Township High School 53
3. Helen a. Fort Middle School 53
4. Samuel T. Busansky School 51
5. Howard L. Emmons 45
6. Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center 43

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pemberton

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 Howard L. Emmons 73.6/100
  2. 2 Samuel T. Busansky School 72.5/100
  3. 3 Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center 70.8/100
  4. 4 Newcomb Middle School 68.1/100
  5. 5 Helen a. Fort Middle School 67.7/100

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Which Pemberton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Newcomb Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pemberton schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pemberton, NJ? ▼

Pemberton has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,868 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.9:1.

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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.