NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Skillman, NJ

Compiled from official source data by .

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

PlainSchools home → About this data
5
Schools
4,397
Students
49.4/100
Avg Resource Index
10.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Skillman has more public-school enrollment than 49% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Montgomery High School enrolls 36.6% of Skillman's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Skillman'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.

One district, but meaningful resource variation

Skillman's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 85th 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 22-point gap between Montgomery High School and Orchard Hill Elementary School 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 51%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
85th percentile
Teacher staffing
97th percentile

Montgomery High School accounts for 36.6% of all Skillman public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Skillman-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

Skillman school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities

Skillman school enrollment ranges from 591 students (lowest) to 1,611 students (highest), a spread of 1,020 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

Skillman operates one school district — a single-district system

Skillman'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

Skillman student-teacher ratio is 10.6:1 — 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. Montgomery High School 61
2. Montgomery Upper Middle School 53
3. Montgomery Lower Middle School 48
4. Village Elementary School 46
5. Orchard Hill Elementary School 39

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Skillman

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 Orchard Hill Elementary School 65.0/100
  2. 2 Village Elementary School 60.6/100
  3. 3 Montgomery Lower Middle School 59.5/100
  4. 4 Montgomery High School 59.1/100
  5. 5 Montgomery Upper Middle School 56.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Skillman?

Which Skillman school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Montgomery High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Skillman 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 Skillman, NJ? ▼

Skillman has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,397 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.6:1.

Other Cities in New Jersey

Newark
81 schools
Jersey City
52 schools
Paterson
46 schools
Elizabeth
38 schools
Trenton
34 schools
Hamilton
27 schools

Side-by-side: Compare any two schools or districts in New Jersey →

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.