Egg Harbor Township High School

As a sprawling high school in EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, Egg Harbor Township High School serves 2,279 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Egg Harbor Township School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Egg Harbor Township High School sits 145% larger than that benchmark.

Egg Harbor Township School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 7,346 students; Egg Harbor Township High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Egg Harbor Township High School lists that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 30% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 11% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 56% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Egg Harbor Township High School lists 205 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Egg Harbor Township High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.9%; this one delivers 31.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Atlantic County) records that the typical household earns roughly $78,050 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Atlantic County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), of which Egg Harbor Township High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Alder Avenue Middle School, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Egg Harbor Township High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Egg Harbor Township High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Egg Harbor Township High School's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 2,367 (now 2,279). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 45% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Egg Harbor Township High School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.