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Cedar Creek High School
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 16 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Cedar Creek High School
Cedar Creek High School is one of the middle-of-the-pack senior highs in EGG HARBOR CITY, New Jersey, part of Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District, with 928 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.
Across the 3 schools in Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District (3,007 students total), Cedar Creek High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Cedar Creek High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 24% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cedar Creek High School has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Atlantic County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cedar Creek High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.1%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Atlantic County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,050, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Atlantic County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), Cedar Creek High School is one campus in the mix.
Charles L. Spragg School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Cedar Creek High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cedar Creek High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.1%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Cedar Creek High School's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 893 (now 928). White enrollment moved from 62% to 55% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for Cedar Creek High School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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