Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts

Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts is a minimally staffed senior high in SOMERS POINT, New Jersey, one of the schools within Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts. The school hosts 253 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 73% leaner than typical.

Operationally, Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts answers to Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts records that the largest single group is Black at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 28% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Atlantic County's rate of about 59%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.3%; this one delivers 14.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Atlantic County shows median household earnings sit near $78,050, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Atlantic County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Dawes Avenue Elementary School, roughly 0.6 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), Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. As a public charter, Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts's enrollment has edged down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 359 (now 253). Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 6.2:1 in 2025.

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