Joseph C Shaner Memorial Elementary School

Located at 5801 THIRD STREET, in MAYS LANDING, New Jersey, Joseph C Shaner Memorial Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary-level community that enrolls 602 students (grades pre-K through K), one of the schools within Hamilton Township School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Joseph C Shaner Memorial Elementary School sits 49% larger than that benchmark.

Within Hamilton Township School District, which oversees 3 schools and 2,860 students, Joseph C Shaner Memorial Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Joseph C Shaner Memorial Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 28% Hispanic, 22% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Atlantic County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Atlantic County indicate 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 Joseph C Shaner Memorial Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Atlantic County Institute of Technology, roughly 1.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Joseph C Shaner Memorial Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 647 (now 602). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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