The Egg Harbor Township Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Egg Harbor Township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's nine schools had an enrollment of 7,822 students and 613.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
Read more about Egg Harbor Township Schools: Schools, Administration
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