Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School

Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School operates as a big primary school in EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, run under Egg Harbor Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 980 students spanning grades 4 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 142% bigger than typical.

Across the 7 schools in Egg Harbor Township School District (7,346 students total), Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 11% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.2%; this one delivers 29.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Atlantic County indicate median household income runs about $78,050, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Alder Avenue Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 28.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 1,124 students in 2018 compared to 980 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 44% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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