Summary:
Cape May’s school summary lists six schools serving grades K–12, but the supplied records cover five: three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school; four records include test results. The clearest overall strength is Cape May City Elementary School, which exceeded state results in five of eight reported ELA and math grades in 2025–2026. The most important takeaway is that results vary sharply by grade and school, especially in elementary math.
Cape May City Elementary School stands out among the elementary schools: grade 5 ELA was 71% proficient, 20 points above the state, and its grade 4 and 5 math results were 64%, respectively 18 and 19 points above the state. But its grade 6 math result was 17%, 24 points below the state. Math was weaker across the reported grades at Maud Abrams School and Sandman Consolidated School: all four results for each were below state results, including a 24% grade 5 math score at Sandman. At Richard M. Teitelman Middle School, grade 8 Algebra I was a standout at 97%, compared with 75% statewide, while grade 8 ELA was 40% versus 53%. Lower Cape May Regional High School had stronger geometry results—63% versus 50% in grade 9—but lagged in Algebra I end-of-course, 16% versus 40%.
Across 31 matched school, grade and test results over two years, 19 school-to-state gaps narrowed and 12 widened; the average gap narrowed by about 2 points, but changes differed by subject and grade. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings placed Cape May City at the 59th percentile, Maud Abrams at the 29th, Teitelman at the 44th and Lower Cape May Regional at the 37th. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–2025 ranged from 27% at Cape May City to 57% at Sandman; these figures are context, not an explanation for school results. Cape May City also had the lowest reported student–teacher ratio, 6.2. The supplied records do not include test results for Carl T. Mitnick School.
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