Cape May County High School

Cape May County High School is a four-year high school of very small scale in CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, New Jersey, one of the schools within Cape May County Special Services School District, educateing 84 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 91% below typical.

Cape May County Special Services School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 234 students. Cape May County High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Cape May County High School records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 24% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian. 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, On paper, Cape May County High School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Cape May County's rate of about 44%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cape May County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,128 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cape May County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,388 students), of which Cape May County High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ocean Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cape May County High School.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 20%: 70 students in 2018 compared to 84 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 86% to 62%.

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