Summary:
ZIP code 08234 has seven schools serving elementary through high school grades: four elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school. Six are part of the Egg Harbor Township School District; Principle Academy Charter School is a separate charter. Results vary by school and grade, but the clearest shared concern is that every reported regular-grade math result in grades 3–8 was below the state result in 2025–2026.
Swift-Slaybaugh Complex stands out in third grade: its ELA proficiency was 48.0%, nearly level with the state’s 48.1%, and its math result was the highest among the three schools reporting, at 46% versus 49% statewide. At the other end, Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School had the lowest third-grade results: 29% in ELA and 23% in math, with gaps of 19 and 23 percentage points from Swift-Slaybaugh. Fernwood Avenue Middle School led the two middle schools in every reported regular-grade ELA and math comparison; its eighth-grade ELA was 55%, slightly above the state’s 53%. Both middle schools also reported 100% proficiency in eighth-grade Geometry, but those accelerated-course results contrast with much lower regular-grade math results.
Recent changes are mixed. Fernwood’s seventh-grade ELA rose 12 percentage points, from 42% to 54%, while the state result fell 1 point; its eighth-grade ELA also rose, moving from below to above the state. Swift-Slaybaugh’s third-grade ELA increased 12 points, while Davenport’s third-grade math fell 6 points and its gap to the state widened. SchoolDigger ranks Fernwood at the 42nd percentile; Principle Academy’s 29th percentile is its best of the three reported years. As context, all seven schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025; the school-level average was 58%, ranging from 40% at Swift-Slaybaugh to 87% at Principle Academy. Student-teacher ratios ranged from 9.8 at Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School to 14.7 at Swift-Slaybaugh; these context measures do not explain achievement differences.
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