Bargaintown Preschool

Bargaintown Preschool is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. The latest federal count shows 258 students in pre-K. Against the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 36% lower.

Bargaintown Preschool is one of the 7 schools that make up Egg Harbor Township School District (7,346 students in total).

Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Bargaintown Preschool, at 38%. Other groups make up 36% White, 12% Black, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 20% of Atlantic County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Bargaintown Preschool's 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 10.5:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 10.5:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 47%. That is 12 points below the 59% average for public schools in Atlantic County.

Across Atlantic County, the median household income is $78,050, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Atlantic County has 77 public schools and roughly 41,964 students.

The next-closest public school is Northfield Community Middle School, about 1.2 miles away. Bargaintown Preschool is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.

The Bargaintown Preschool community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.