📍 950 Route 539, Little Egg Harbor, Ocean County, 08087
George J. Mitchell Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Little Egg Harbor, Ocean County. The school has 585 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Little Egg Harbor Township School District school district. It serves grades K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
George J. Mitchell Elementary School enrolls 585 students across grades K–2. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 9.7% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 415 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 62 | 11% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 57 | 9.7% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 3.9% |
| Black or African American | 21 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
282 of the school's 585 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 209 qualify for free lunch and 73 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
George J. Mitchell Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ-20, state senate district 9, state house district 9.
George J. Mitchell Elementary School is one of 3 schools in Little Egg Harbor Township School District, based in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey. The district serves 1,680 students district-wide and employs 159 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 585 students, George J. Mitchell Elementary School is close to the district average of about 560 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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