Enrollment
332
Middle
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWER TOWNSHIP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340915001726
Sandman Consolidated School
838 SEASHORE RD, CAPE MAY, NJ 08204 · (609) 884-9410 · Cape May County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
189 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 171 | 52% |
| Grade 6 | 161 | 48% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lower Township Elementary School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
29.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 29.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 29.0% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Sandman Consolidated School
Sandman Consolidated School's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandman Consolidated School this school | 332 | 56.9% | 29.3% |
| Richard M. Teitelman Middle School CAPE MAY | 394 | 49.0% | 38.4% |
| Mullica Township Middle School ELWOOD | 262 | 47.7% | 36.9% |
| Pinelands Regional Jr. High School Little Egg Harbor | 500 | 49.0% | 25.6% |
| Pennsville Middle School PENNSVILLE | 460 | 46.1% | 27.9% |
| Buena Regional Middle School BUENA | 345 | 57.7% | 26.1% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Sandman Consolidated School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cape May County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #339 of 433 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #313 of 437 ▼ 15 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #335 of 437 ▲ 19 | #4 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 332 | #354 of 445 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #221 of 417 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #334 of 419 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #111 of 436 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #28 of 282 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
332
-56 (-14%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 332 | 30.3 | 11.0:1 | 57% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 334 | 32.3 | 10.3:1 | 47% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 347 | 31.1 | 11.2:1 | 48% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 34 | 11.4:1 | 50% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 39.8 | 11.3:1 | 59% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 58% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 54% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 45% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 466 | 32 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandman Consolidated School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (449 to 332); teachers down 24% (39.8 to 30.3).
About Sandman Consolidated School
Sandman Consolidated School runs as a small middle school in CAPE MAY, New Jersey. A total of 332 students attend the school, which covers grades 5 through 6. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students, so this school is 43% smaller than average.
Across its 4 schools, Lower Township Elementary School District enrolls 1,389 students. Sandman Consolidated School is one of those schools.
Sandman Consolidated School's enrollment is 75% White. Next come 17% Hispanic and 6% Black. That compares with about 85% White among all Cape May County residents. By the diversity index, Sandman Consolidated School comes in at 40%.
Teachers at Sandman Consolidated School total 30.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.0:1. Across middle schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is about 10.9:1. The school counts 189 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 57%. Compared with the 44% average for public schools in Cape May County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Sandman Consolidated School is C-. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 19% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Sandman Consolidated School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.3%, compared with a predicted 35.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Cape May County has these Census figures: median household income is about $91,128, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Cape May County number 32 and enroll about 11,388.
Maud Abrams School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Sandman Consolidated School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 29.3% average proficiency ranks 7th among 7 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Sandman Consolidated School went from 388 students to 332.
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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 Lower Township Elementary School District
- Carl T. Mitnick SchoolElementary · 428 students
- Maud Abrams SchoolElementary · 354 students
- David C. Douglass Memorial SchoolElementary · 275 students
Other schools in CAPE MAY
- Lower Cape May Regional High SchoolHigh · 717 students
- Carl T. Mitnick SchoolElementary · 428 students
- Richard M. Teitelman Middle SchoolMiddle · 394 students
- Maud Abrams SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Cape May City Elementary SchoolElementary · 155 students
Nearby schools
- Maud Abrams School0.1 mi · 354
- Carl T. Mitnick School0.3 mi · 428
- Lower Cape May Regional High School1.0 mi · 717
- Richard M. Teitelman Middle School1.0 mi · 394
- Cape May City Elementary School2.2 mi · 155
- West Cape May Elementary School2.2 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Sandman Consolidated SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sandman Consolidated School?
Sandman Consolidated School enrolls approximately 332 students in grades 05-06.
Is Sandman Consolidated School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sandman Consolidated School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Sandman Consolidated School have?
Sandman Consolidated School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Sandman Consolidated School?
Student demographics at Sandman Consolidated School are roughly 75% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Sandman Consolidated School public or private?
Sandman Consolidated School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lower Township Elementary School District.
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