William H. Ross III School

Set in MARGATE, New Jersey, William H. Ross III School is a modestly sized K-5 school, run under Margate City School District. It educates 186 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 54% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Margate City School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 326 students. William H. Ross III School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, William H. Ross III School shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Atlantic County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, William H. Ross III School logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting William H. Ross III School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Atlantic County's rate of about 59%.

With demographic context factored in, William H. Ross III School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.3%; this one delivers 65.3%.

In the area at large, Atlantic County reports that median household income runs about $78,050, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Atlantic County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), of which William H. Ross III School is one.

The closest other public school is Eugene A. Tighe Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William H. Ross III School. On composite proficiency, William H. Ross III School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 43.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 190 students in 2018 compared to 186 in 2025.

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