NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NC

Best-Resourced Schools in Camden, NC

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

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Schools
1,918
Students
36.6/100
Avg Resource Index
17.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Camden has more public-school enrollment than 11% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Camden's 5 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.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

2 of the 5 listed Camden 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 20-point gap between Camden Early College High and Camden County High shows the range hidden by Camden'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 89%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
31st percentile
Teacher staffing
30th percentile

Camden Intermediate accounts for 24.0% of all Camden public-school enrollment

That concentration means Camden-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. 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

Camden school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities

Camden school enrollment ranges from 124 students (lowest) to 461 students (highest), a spread of 337 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

Camden operates one school district — a single-district system

Camden'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

Camden student-teacher ratio is 17.4:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Camden is typically wider than the Camden-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Camden Early College High 50
2. Grandy Primary 37
3. Camden Middle 33
4. Camden Intermediate 33
5. Camden County High 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Camden

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 Camden County High 36.4/100
  2. 2 Camden Middle 36.0/100
  3. 3 Camden Early College High 35.8/100
  4. 4 Grandy Primary 34.8/100
  5. 5 Camden Intermediate 31.7/100

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Which Camden school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Camden Early College High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Camden schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Camden, NC? ▼

Camden has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,918 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.4:1.

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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.