Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School

Located at 2499 SPRUCE AVENUE, in EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School is a large elementary school that works with 677 students (grades K through 3), part of Egg Harbor Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 67% above the state mean of about 405.

Within Egg Harbor Township School District, which oversees 7 schools and 7,346 students, Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 22% White, 14% Asian, 12% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Atlantic County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Atlantic County's rate of about 59%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Atlantic County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,050 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Atlantic County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), of which Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Fernwood Avenue Middle School, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 24.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School has decreased 12%, going from 772 students in 2018 to 677 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 37% to 45%.

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