Avalon Elementary School

Avalon Elementary School is an one-room-style middle school in AVALON, New Jersey, operated by Avalon School District. The school enrolls 97 students in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 83% smaller than the state mean of about 578.

Avalon School District is the operating authority for Avalon Elementary School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Avalon Elementary School logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, Cape May County reports that median household income runs about $91,128, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Avalon Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in Cape May County (combined enrollment of about 11,388 students).

Nearest neighbor: Stone Harbor Elementary School, around 3.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Avalon Elementary School.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 33%: 73 students in 2018 compared to 97 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 6.0:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 today.

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