West Cape May Elementary School

West Cape May Elementary School is one of the one-room-style K-5 schools in West Cape May, New Jersey, overseen by West Cape May School District, with 76 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so West Cape May Elementary School sits 81% below that benchmark.

West Cape May School District is the operating authority for West Cape May Elementary School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, West Cape May Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Cape May County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, West Cape May Elementary School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting West Cape May Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cape May County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, West Cape May Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.9%, the actual is 54.9%, a residual of +6.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Cape May County shows median household income runs about $91,128, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. West Cape May Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in Cape May County (combined enrollment of about 11,388 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cape May City Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, West Cape May Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Cape May Elementary School has declined 25%, going from 102 students in 2018 to 76 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 today.

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