Eugene A. Tighe Middle School

Located at 7804 AMHERST AVENUE, in MARGATE, New Jersey, Eugene A. Tighe Middle School is a rural-scale middle-grades school that caters to 140 students (grades 5 through 8), overseen by Margate City School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 578 students each, so Eugene A. Tighe Middle School sits 76% smaller than that benchmark.

Margate City School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 326 students. Eugene A. Tighe Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Eugene A. Tighe Middle School shows that nearly all students (91%) are White; the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. An estimated 7% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Atlantic County (around 59%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Eugene A. Tighe Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.3%, the actual is 72.8%, a residual of +10.6 points.

Around the school, census data for Atlantic County shows median household earnings sit near $78,050, 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 Eugene A. Tighe Middle School is one.

William H. Ross III School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eugene A. Tighe Middle School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 42.5%.

Eugene A. Tighe Middle School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eugene A. Tighe Middle School has fell 20%, going from 175 students in 2018 to 140 in 2025.

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