Atlantic County Elementary and Middle Schools

Atlantic County Elementary and Middle Schools is a K-5 school of tight-knit scale in MAYS LANDING, New Jersey, run under Atlantic County Special Services School District, serveing 200 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 405.

Atlantic County Special Services School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 312 students. Atlantic County Elementary and Middle Schools is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Atlantic County Elementary and Middle Schools logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% Black, 27% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Atlantic County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Atlantic County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Atlantic County put the typical household earns roughly $78,050 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Atlantic County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), Atlantic County Elementary and Middle Schools is one campus in the mix.

Atlantic County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Atlantic County Elementary and Middle Schools has stayed largely flat, going from 197 students in 2018 to 200 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 32% to 27% over that span.

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