Egg Harbor Township School District

Public Grades PK–12 B-School Grade

Public schools for Egg Harbor.

At a glance

7,346Students enrolled

7Schools

$26,961Spent per student

12:1Student–teacher ratio

51%Free / reduced lunch

School path

Where would my kid go?

For Egg Harbor

Grades PK–3

Swift-Slaybaugh Complex or Clayton J. Davenport Elementary SchoolDepends on your addressThis district

Grades 6–8

Alder Avenue Middle School or Fernwood Avenue Middle SchoolDepends on your addressThis district

Grades 9–12

Egg Harbor Township High School2,279 students · Egg Harbor TownshipThis district

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Where a town has more than one school at a grade, your street decides; check with the district before you enroll.

Academic performanceDistrict vs NJ

Math proficiency18%

State average 25.4%

Reading / language arts46%

State average 47.3%

Graduation rate (4-year)94%

State average 91.1%

EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal (tests 2020–21; graduation 2019–20). The tick marks the state average.

Where the money goes

$26,961

per student each year · 5% below the NJ average

Spending

Classroom instruction60%

Support & administration38%

Other2%

Paid for by

Local (mostly property tax)39%

State56%

Federal5%

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (fiscal 2024).

Enrollment · last 5 years

6,746’20

7,172’21

7,473’22

7,374’23

7,346’24

Students

White · 40%2,905

Hispanic · 30%2,232

Asian · 13%971

Black · 11%772

Two or more races · 6%440

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander · 0%15

Across the district's schools, as reported to NCES.

Schools7 in district

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Swift-Slaybaugh ComplexElementary · Grades PK–3 · 1,422 students · Egg Harbor Township

C+Public 📚

Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 4–5 · 980 students · Egg Harbor Township

C+Public 📚

Clayton J. Davenport Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–3 · 677 students · Egg Harbor Township

CPublic 📚

Alder Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 919 students · Egg Harbor Township

B-Public 📚

Fernwood Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 811 students · Egg Harbor Township

C+Public 🏫

Egg Harbor Township High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,279 students · Egg Harbor Township

BPublic 📚

Bargaintown PreschoolPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 258 students · Egg Harbor Township

Public

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

Nearby districts

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Mainland Regional School DistrictLinwood · Northfield · Somers Point · $30,140 per student

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Greater Egg Harbor Regional School DistrictGalloway · Hamilton · $30,129 per student

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Absecon City School DistrictAbsecon · $24,794 per student

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Atlantic City School DistrictAtlantic City · $35,527 per student

District facts from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory and school district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau's school finance survey. Test scores and graduation rates from EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings reflect opinions, not an official measure of school quality.