Middle Township Elementary #1

Located at 215 ELDREDGE ROAD, in CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, New Jersey, Middle Township Elementary #1 is a well-populated K-5 school that works with 688 students (grades pre-K through 2), part of Middle Township Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 70% above the state mean of about 405.

Middle Township Public School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,575 students. Middle Township Elementary #1 is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Middle Township Elementary #1 reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 24% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Cape May County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Cape May County's rate of about 44%.

Around the school, Cape May County reports that median household income runs about $91,128, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Cape May County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,388 students), Middle Township Elementary #1 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Middle Township High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Middle Township Elementary #1.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Middle Township Elementary #1 has rose 5%, going from 656 students in 2018 to 688 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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