Enrollment
266
Middle
DISTRICT 276 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EGG HARBOR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340453000076
Egg Harbor City Community School
730 Havana Avenue, EGG HARBOR CITY, NJ 08215 · (609) 965-1034 · Atlantic County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of New Jersey public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
211 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 23% |
Student demographics
67%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
Feeds from
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
20.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +13.6pp since 2023
Math
14.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.9% | 14.4% |
| 2023-24 | 7.3% | 8.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
12.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Egg Harbor City Community School
Egg Harbor City Community School's state test result (12.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egg Harbor City Community School this school | 266 | 79.3% | 12.4% |
| Joseph R. Bolger Middle School KEANSBURG | 318 | 76.4% | 19.1% |
| Penns Grove Middle School PENNS GROVE | 452 | 75.4% | 13.3% |
| Pine Hill Middle School PINE HILL | 323 | 76.8% | 23.0% |
| Janis E. Dismus Middle School ENGLEWOOD | 342 | 81.3% | 25.6% |
| Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School ENGLEWOOD | 489 | 80.2% | 25.6% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Egg Harbor City Community School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #410 of 433 | #15 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #391 of 437 ▲ 22 | #14 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #412 of 437 ▲ 18 | #14 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #386 of 445 | #12 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.7:1 | #46 of 417 | #1 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #82 of 419 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #36 of 436 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #100 of 122 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
266
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 269
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 266 | 30.5 | 8.7:1 | 79% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 31.5 | 9.1:1 | 69% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 29.5 | 10.0:1 | 72% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 27 | 9.6:1 | 78% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 25.5 | 10.2:1 | 84% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 235 | 23 | 10.2:1 | 84% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 240 | 22 | 10.9:1 | 78% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 252 | 26 | 9.7:1 | 63% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 269 | 24 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Egg Harbor City Community School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (261 to 266); teachers up 20% (25.5 to 30.5).
About Egg Harbor City Community School
In EGG HARBOR CITY, New Jersey, Egg Harbor City Community School is a small middle school. The student body numbers 266 students, from grades 4 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Jersey) has about 578 students.
A total of 2 schools make up Egg Harbor City School District, with 551 students enrolled.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Egg Harbor City Community School, 48% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 25% Black, 20% White, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Atlantic County's population at about 20%. By the diversity index, Egg Harbor City Community School comes in at 67%.
Federal staffing data show 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Egg Harbor City Community School and a ratio of 8.7:1. That ratio is under the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 79% of students. Public schools in Atlantic County average 59%.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Egg Harbor City Community School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In New Jersey, Egg Harbor City Community School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 12.4% actual against a predicted 22.8%.
Across Atlantic County, median household income is about $78,050, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Egg Harbor City Community School is among the 77 public schools in Atlantic County.
Nearby, Charles L. Spragg School is about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Ranked by average proficiency, Egg Harbor City Community School places 7th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Egg Harbor City Community School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 266, 3% above the 258 of 2020-21.
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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
- Charles L. Spragg SchoolElementary · 285 students
Other schools in EGG HARBOR CITY
- Cedar Creek High SchoolHigh · 928 students
- Charles L. Spragg SchoolElementary · 285 students
- ATLANTIC CO JDCHigh
- SOUTHERN RCHHigh
Nearby schools
- Charles L. Spragg School0.4 mi · 285
- Cedar Creek High School1.3 mi · 928
- Pomona Preschool4.5 mi · 136
- Mullica Township Primary School5.4 mi · 371
- Mullica Township Middle School5.4 mi · 262
- Oakcrest High School5.9 mi · 949
Frequently asked questions
About Egg Harbor City Community SchoolHow large is Egg Harbor City Community School?
Egg Harbor City Community School enrolls approximately 266 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does Egg Harbor City Community School serve?
Egg Harbor City Community School serves grades 04-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Egg Harbor City Community School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Egg Harbor City Community School is approximately 8.7:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Egg Harbor City Community School?
Student demographics at Egg Harbor City Community School are roughly 20% White, 48% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Egg Harbor City Community School?
Egg Harbor City Community School is overseen by Egg Harbor City School District in Atlantic County.
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