Dennis Township Elementary/Middle Schools

Dennis Township Elementary/Middle Schools is one of the modestly sized middle-grades schools in DENNISVILLE, New Jersey, overseen by Dennis Township School District, with 391 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 8. That puts it 32% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Across the 2 schools in Dennis Township School District (633 students total), Dennis Township Elementary/Middle Schools accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Dennis Township Elementary/Middle Schools reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Dennis Township Elementary/Middle Schools lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Dennis Township Elementary/Middle Schools tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cape May County shows median household earnings sit near $91,128, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Cape May County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,388 students), Dennis Township Elementary/Middle Schools is one campus in the mix.

Dennis Township Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Dennis Township Elementary/Middle Schools comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Dennis Township Elementary/Middle Schools's enrollment has edged up 44% since 2018, when it stood at 272 (now 391). The White share of enrollment decreased from 97% to 92% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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