West Cape May Elementary School is a community public
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and
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located in
West Cape MayWest Cape May is a Walsh Act borough in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 1,095....
,
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,
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that serves students in grades
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through
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.
For grades 7 - 12, public school students attend the schools of the
Lower Cape May Regional School DistrictThe Lower Cape May Regional School District is regional public school district headquartered in Lower Township, New Jersey, United States...
, which serves students from
Cape MayCape May is a city at the southern tip of Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey, where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean and is one of the country's oldest vacation resort destinations. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States...
,
Lower TownshipLower Township is a township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 22,945....
and
West Cape MayWest Cape May is a Walsh Act borough in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 1,095....
, along with students from
Cape May PointCape May Point is a borough located at the tip of the Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the resident population was 291...
, who attend as part of a
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. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the
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) are
Richard M. Teitelman School (grades 7 and 8; 647 students) and
Lower Cape May Regional High SchoolThe Lower Cape May Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Lower Township, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Lower Cape May Regional School District. LCMRHS serves students from four communities in Cape May County as part of the Lower Cape...
(grades 9-12; 1,195).
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's one schools had an enrollment of 52 students and 6.0 classroom teachers (on an
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basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.7.
The district is classified by the
New Jersey Department of EducationThe New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...
as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth 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.
School
West Cape May Elementary School had an enrollment of 52 students in the 2007-08 school year, making it one of the schools with the smallest enrollment in the state.
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
- William Flynn, Superintendent (interim)
- Diane Fox, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
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