Carl T. Mitnick School

Set in CAPE MAY, New Jersey, Carl T. Mitnick School is a mid-sized primary school, part of Lower Township Elementary School District. It educates 428 students across grades 1 through 2.

Lower Township Elementary School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,389 students; Carl T. Mitnick School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Carl T. Mitnick School lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Carl T. Mitnick School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Carl T. Mitnick School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Cape May County's rate of about 44%.

In the area at large, census data for Cape May County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,128 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Cape May County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,388 students), Carl T. Mitnick School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sandman Consolidated School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carl T. Mitnick School has ticked up 7%, going from 401 students in 2018 to 428 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 12% to 18% over that span.

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