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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 605 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341002000033
Middle Township Elementary #2
101 WEST PACIFIC AVE, CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NJ 08210 · (609) 465-1828 · Cape May County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
305 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 168 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 165 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 189 | 36% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Middle Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
34.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.2% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.8% | 28.4% |
% 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
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Middle Township Elementary #2
Middle Township Elementary #2's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Township Elementary #2 this school | 522 | 58.4% | 27.8% |
| Veterans Memorial Elementary School BRICK | 619 | 57.8% | 35.5% |
| Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School MAPLE SHADE | 554 | 57.4% | 23.9% |
| Commercial Township School PORT NORRIS | 505 | 54.7% | 22.7% |
| Middle Township Elementary #1 CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE | 688 | 61.0% | N/A |
| Howard Yocum Elementary MAPLE SHADE | 507 | 54.0% | N/A |
Matched among New Jersey elementary 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 Middle Township Elementary #2 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cape May County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #1,009 of 1,290 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #1,051 of 1,319 ▼ 86 | #7 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #1,038 of 1,319 ▼ 33 | #7 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #358 of 1,562 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #526 of 1,390 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #359 of 1,392 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #477 of 1,481 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #629 of 798 | #9 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
522
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 522 | 49 | 10.7:1 | 58% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 48 | 11.1:1 | 54% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 47 | 11.4:1 | 53% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 44 | 12.0:1 | 56% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 43.7 | 12.5:1 | 59% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 42 | 12.4:1 | 47% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 30 | 18.8:1 | 40% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 50 | 12.4:1 | 42% (257) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Middle Township Elementary #2.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (547 to 522); teachers up 12% (43.7 to 49).
About Middle Township Elementary #2
Middle Township Elementary #2 is one of the public schools in CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, New Jersey. It is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from 3 through 5, and the school has 522 students. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students, so this school is 29% larger than average.
Middle Township Public School District is made up of 4 schools with 2,575 students in all.
White students are the majority at Middle Township Elementary #2, with 54% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Cape May County, the White share is about 85%. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 49 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.7:1. That is lower than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 58%. That is 14 points above the 44% average for public schools in Cape May County.
Middle Township Elementary #2 is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 34.2% at Middle Township Elementary #2; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cape May County show that the median household income is $91,128, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Middle Township Elementary #2 is one of 32 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Middle Township Elementary #1, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Middle Township Elementary #2 ranks 3rd of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 27.8% against a local average of 27.8%.
Under the NCES locale system, Middle Township Elementary #2 is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 528 in 2020-21 and 522 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.0:1 in 2020-21 to 10.7:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Middle Township Elementary #2. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cape May County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
94,941
Census ACS
Median income
$91,128
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
11,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Middle Township Public School District
- Middle Township High SchoolHigh · 821 students
- Middle Township Elementary #1Elementary · 688 students
- Middle Township Elementary #4Middle · 544 students
Other schools in CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE
- Middle Township High SchoolHigh · 821 students
- Middle Township Elementary #1Elementary · 688 students
- Cape May County Technical High SchoolHigh · 587 students
- Middle Township Elementary #4Middle · 544 students
- Dennis Township Primary SchoolElementary · 242 students
- Ocean AcademyElementary · 150 students
Nearby schools
- Middle Township Elementary #10.4 mi · 688
- Middle Township High School0.6 mi · 821
- Middle Township Elementary #40.6 mi · 544
- Cape May County High School2.4 mi · 84
- Ocean Academy2.4 mi · 150
- Cape May County Technical High School2.6 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About Middle Township Elementary #2What is the total enrollment at Middle Township Elementary #2?
Middle Township Elementary #2 enrolls approximately 522 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Middle Township Elementary #2 serve?
Middle Township Elementary #2 serves grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Middle Township Elementary #2?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at Middle Township Elementary #2.
How diverse is Middle Township Elementary #2?
Middle Township Elementary #2 reports a student body of 54% White, 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Middle Township Elementary #2 in?
Middle Township Elementary #2 is part of Middle Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.