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Enrollment
1,422
Elementary
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340456000051
Swift-Slaybaugh Complex
11 SWIFT AVENUE, EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ 08234 · (609) 927-8222 · Atlantic County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,422 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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.
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
96 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
565 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 305 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 269 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 268 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 292 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 288 | 20% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Swift-Slaybaugh Complex→Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School
Based on grade levels within Egg Harbor Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
35.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
45.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 48.2% |
% 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Swift-Slaybaugh Complex
Swift-Slaybaugh Complex's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swift-Slaybaugh Complex this school | 1,422 | 39.7% | 40.3% |
| Cedar Grove Elementary School TOMS RIVER | 931 | 39.8% | 39.4% |
| Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP | 980 | 54.8% | 29.8% |
| Samsel Upper Elementary School PARLIN | 870 | 46.7% | 44.7% |
| Endeavour Elementary School JB MDL | 791 | 33.0% | 46.1% |
| Van Derveer Elementary School Somerville | 745 | 43.0% | 39.9% |
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 Swift-Slaybaugh Complex ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #745 of 1,290 | #11 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #688 of 1,319 ▼ 109 | #9 of 38 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,016 of 1,319 ▲ 16 | #21 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,422 | #1 of 1,562 | #1 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,292 of 1,390 | #37 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #327 of 1,392 | #14 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.7% | #715 of 1,481 | #35 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +62.1% | #12 of 545 | #1 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
1,422
+535 (+60%) vs 2020
+88% since 2000-01, when it was 755
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 1,422 | 96.4 | 14.7:1 | 40% (565) |
| 2023-24 | 1,414 | 92.4 | 15.3:1 | 36% (503) |
| 2022-23 | 1,421 | 92.4 | 15.4:1 | 33% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 887 | 44 | 20.2:1 | 27% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 877 | 49.8 | 17.6:1 | 27% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 861 | 53 | 16.3:1 | 34% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 948 | 52 | 18.2:1 | 26% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 755 | 49 | 15.4:1 | 19% (143) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swift-Slaybaugh Complex.
Since 2017-18: students up 62% (877 to 1,422); teachers up 94% (49.8 to 96.4).
About Swift-Slaybaugh Complex
Swift-Slaybaugh Complex is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, New Jersey. It covers pre-K through 3, with a total enrollment of 1,422 students. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
Swift-Slaybaugh Complex is run by Egg Harbor Township School District, whose 7 schools enroll 7,346 students.
By race and ethnicity, Swift-Slaybaugh Complex is 53% White. After that, the student body is 23% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% Black, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, Atlantic County is about 56% White. Swift-Slaybaugh Complex has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1 at Swift-Slaybaugh Complex, with 96.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 40%. For comparison, public schools in Atlantic County average 59%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Swift-Slaybaugh Complex receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Swift-Slaybaugh Complex is 4.1 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 40.3% actual, 44.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
County data help place the school in context: in Atlantic County, median household income is about $78,050, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Atlantic County number 77 and enroll about 41,964.
Egg Harbor Township High School is the public school closest to Swift-Slaybaugh Complex, about 1.7 miles away. Swift-Slaybaugh Complex has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Swift-Slaybaugh Complex's average proficiency of 40.3% compares with 36.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 887 to 1,422. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The ratio was 20.2:1 in 2020-21 and 14.7:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Egg Harbor Township School District
- Egg Harbor Township High SchoolHigh · 2,279 students
- Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 980 students
- Alder Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 919 students
- Fernwood Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Clayton J. Davenport Elementary SchoolElementary · 677 students
- Bargaintown PreschoolElementary · 258 students
Other schools in EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP
- Egg Harbor Township High SchoolHigh · 2,279 students
- Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 980 students
- Alder Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 919 students
- Fernwood Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Clayton J. Davenport Elementary SchoolElementary · 677 students
- Principle Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 434 students
Nearby schools
- Egg Harbor Township High School1.7 mi · 2,279
- Bargaintown Preschool2.6 mi · 258
- Fernwood Avenue Middle School3.1 mi · 811
- Alder Avenue Middle School3.2 mi · 919
- Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School3.3 mi · 980
- Mainland Regional High School3.4 mi · 1,160
Frequently asked questions
About Swift-Slaybaugh ComplexHow many students attend Swift-Slaybaugh Complex?
Swift-Slaybaugh Complex enrolls approximately 1,422 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Swift-Slaybaugh Complex serve?
Swift-Slaybaugh Complex serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Swift-Slaybaugh Complex?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Swift-Slaybaugh Complex.
How diverse is Swift-Slaybaugh Complex?
Swift-Slaybaugh Complex reports a student body of 53% White, 23% Hispanic, 7% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Swift-Slaybaugh Complex public or private?
Swift-Slaybaugh Complex is a public K-12 school, overseen by Egg Harbor Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.