Cape May City Elementary School

Cape May City Elementary School is one of the micro-enrollment elementary-level communitys in CAPE MAY, New Jersey, part of Cape May City School District, with 155 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 62% below the state mean of about 405.

Operationally, Cape May City Elementary School answers to Cape May City School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Cape May City Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 37% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Cape May County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cape May County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cape May City Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.3%, the actual is 47.5%, a residual of -3.9 points.

In the area at large, census data for Cape May County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,128 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cape May City Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in Cape May County (combined enrollment of about 11,388 students).

The closest other public school is West Cape May Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cape May City Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 175 students in 2018 compared to 155 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 65% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 8.3:1 in 2018 to 6.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.