Arthur P. Schalick High School

As a close-knit senior high in PITTSGROVE, New Jersey, Arthur P. Schalick High School teaches 482 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Pittsgrove Township School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Arthur P. Schalick High School sits 48% leaner than that benchmark.

Pittsgrove Township School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,676 students. Arthur P. Schalick High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Arthur P. Schalick High School shows that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 15% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Salem County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Salem County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Arthur P. Schalick High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.7%; this one comes in at 26.7%, -20.0 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Salem County shows median household earnings sit near $79,960, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Salem County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,156 students), Arthur P. Schalick High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pittsgrove Township Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arthur P. Schalick High School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Arthur P. Schalick High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 551 students in 2018 compared to 482 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 11% to 15%.

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