Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 276 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EGG HARBOR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340453000074
Charles L. Spragg School
601 BUFFALO AVE, EGG HARBOR CITY, NJ 08215 · (609) 965-1034 · Atlantic County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
204 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 65 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 22% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Charles L. Spragg School→Egg Harbor City Community School
Based on grade levels within Egg Harbor City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
8.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
8.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.6% | 8.3% |
| 2023-24 | 4.3% | 14.9% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 27% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Charles L. Spragg School
Charles L. Spragg School's state test result (9.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles L. Spragg School this school | 285 | 71.6% | 9.0% |
| Klockner Elementary School HAMILTON | 284 | 70.8% | 29.8% |
| Number 6 Linden | 320 | 63.8% | 27.6% |
| Dawes Avenue Elementary School Somers Point | 341 | 73.0% | 28.3% |
| Lafayette - Pershing CARNEYS POINT | 313 | 74.1% | N/A |
| Number 8 Linden | 334 | 68.3% | 24.9% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Charles L. Spragg School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #1,258 of 1,290 | #37 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #1,277 of 1,319 ▼ 97 | #34 of 38 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.6% | #1,305 of 1,319 ▲ 8 | #38 of 38 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #1,165 of 1,562 | #35 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #153 of 1,390 | #10 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #222 of 1,392 | #12 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #331 of 1,481 | #17 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #407 of 545 | #7 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
285
+34 (+14%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 216
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 10.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 285 | 31.4 | 9.1:1 | 72% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 28.5 | 9.9:1 | 51% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 28.5 | 9.1:1 | 66% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | 24 | 10.5:1 | 63% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 22.5 | 12.2:1 | 77% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 292 | 24 | 12.2:1 | 80% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 215 | 16 | 13.4:1 | 80% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 352 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 69% (242) |
| 1990-91 | 216 | 17 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles L. Spragg School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (274 to 285); teachers up 39% (22.5 to 31.4).
About Charles L. Spragg School
Charles L. Spragg School is a small elementary school for students in EGG HARBOR CITY, New Jersey. Enrollment totals 285 students across pre-K through 3. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll around 405, and this school is 30% below that mark.
Egg Harbor City School District counts 551 students in its 2 schools, and Charles L. Spragg School is one of them.
No group is above 50% at Charles L. Spragg School; the largest is Hispanic, at 46%. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% White, 22% Black, and 6% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 20%. The diversity index for Charles L. Spragg School is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 9.1:1 is based on 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 72%. It compares with 59% for public schools in Atlantic County.
Charles L. Spragg School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Charles L. Spragg School scores 17.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 9.0% actual versus 27.0% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Atlantic County, median household income comes to about $78,050, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Atlantic County counts 77 public schools with about 41,964 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Egg Harbor City Community School, is the closest to Charles L. Spragg School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Its average proficiency rate of 9.0% is below the 29.7% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Charles L. Spragg School's location as Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 14%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.5:1 to 9.1:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the Charles L. Spragg School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Egg Harbor City School District
- Egg Harbor City Community SchoolMiddle · 266 students
Other schools in EGG HARBOR CITY
- Cedar Creek High SchoolHigh · 928 students
- Egg Harbor City Community SchoolMiddle · 266 students
- ATLANTIC CO JDCHigh
- SOUTHERN RCHHigh
Nearby schools
- Egg Harbor City Community School0.4 mi · 266
- Cedar Creek High School1.3 mi · 928
- Pomona Preschool4.9 mi · 136
- Mullica Township Primary School5.1 mi · 371
- Mullica Township Middle School5.1 mi · 262
- Oakcrest High School5.9 mi · 949
Frequently asked questions
About Charles L. Spragg SchoolHow many students attend Charles L. Spragg School?
Charles L. Spragg School enrolls approximately 285 students in grades PK-03.
Is Charles L. Spragg School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles L. Spragg School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Charles L. Spragg School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Charles L. Spragg School is approximately 9.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Charles L. Spragg School?
Charles L. Spragg School reports a student body of 23% White, 46% Hispanic, 22% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Charles L. Spragg School?
Charles L. Spragg School is overseen by Egg Harbor City School District in Atlantic County.
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