Stone Harbor School District

Summary:

The Stone Harbor School District consists of a single school, Stone Harbor Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Despite its small size, the school stands out as a high-performing institution, with exceptional academic results that consistently exceed state averages.

Stone Harbor Elementary School's test scores in both English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly higher than the state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 87.6% of 3rd graders and 73.7% of 4th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state averages of 44.9% and 53.6%, respectively. Additionally, the Stone Harbor School District is ranked 224 out of 609 districts in New Jersey, placing it in the top third of districts statewide, and the school has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, which is above average for the state.

The school's small enrollment of 78 students, coupled with a low student-teacher ratio of 8:1, suggests a high level of individual attention for students. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% for the 2023-2024 school year is slightly higher than the state average. The school's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $19,958, which is significantly higher than the state average, indicating a substantial investment in the education of its students.

District Detail

275 93rd Street
Stone Harbor, NJ 08247

(609) 368-4413

SchoolDigger Rank:
224^th of 609 New Jersey districts

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Grades served: K-4
Students: 87

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)		NJSLA Mathematics (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Stone Harbor Elementary School	Public	K-4	275 93rd St	Stone Harbor	08247	Cape May County	Stone Harbor School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(609) 368-4413	87	10	9.0		80 (92.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.4%)	67.6	446^th of 1347 public elementary schools	66.9%		57.1	578^th of 1338 public elementary schools	56.8%	132	87.6	73.7	50.0	42.1	$19,958	$173	$19,785

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Avalon School District	3.29 mi	1	38^th
Middle Township Public School District	3.47 mi	4	493^rd
Office Of Education Department Of Children And Families	3.68 mi	20
Cape May County Special Services School District	3.82 mi	2
Cape May County Technical High School District	3.96 mi	1	567^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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