| Cape Christian Academy | |
| Established: | 1991 |
| Grades: | PreK-12 |
| Type: | Christian school |
| Enrollment: | 59 (plus 27 in PreK, as of 2021–22) |
| Faculty: | 9.1 FTEs |
| Ratio: | 6.5:1 |
| Us Nces School Id: | AA000218 |
| Administrator: | John Spriggs[1] |
| Address: | 10 Oyster Road |
| City: | Cape May Court House |
| County: | Cape May County |
| State: | New Jersey |
| Zipcode: | 08210 |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 39.0563°N -74.8428°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Cape May County#USA New Jersey |
Cape Christian Academy is a private Christian school serving students in preschool to twelfth grade, located in Middle Township, in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It has a Cape May Court House postal address and is located within the Cape May Court House census-designated place.[2] Richard Degener of The Press of Atlantic City described it as being in Burleigh. Its campus has 6.5acres of area.[3]
As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 59 students (plus 27 in PreK) and 9.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.5:1. The school's student body was 71.2% (42) White, 3.4% (2) Black, 5.1% (3) Asian, 10.2% (6) Hispanic and 6.8% (4) two or more races, 3.4% (2) American Indian / Alaska Native and 0% (0) Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander.[4]
Cape Christian Academy was established in 1991 as part of the merger of Cape May County Christian School (CMCCS) and South Cape Christian Academy.[5] [3] The former opened, initially with grades Kindergarten through 2,[6] either in 1976,[3] or in September 1977, with an initial enrollment of 45–50. Its founder was Betty Gillingham.[6] South Cape opened after CMCCS opened.[3] South Cape, at Covenant Bible Church,[7] was located in an area of Lower Township with a North Cape May postal address, though as of 2010 it was outside of the North Cape May CDP.[8] Robert Thomson (died 1988), who is considered to be another co-founder of Cape Christian, served on the board of directors of one of the predecessor schools.[9]
The initial enrollment was 300. Originally the merged school used rented facilities. The Kindergarten through grade 3 and 8-12 buildings were rented from Faith Fellowship Chapel and were located in Middle Township. The K-3 building had a total of 10000square feet of area and also had offices. First Assembly of God Church in Lower Township housed some of the Kindergarten and first grade classes. Covenant Bible Church housed grades 4–7. By 1993 it had 380 students.[3]
In 1993, the school bought its current campus from Faith Fellowship Chapel. The purchase included the K-3 building, but not the 8-12 building.[3] By 1994 it had two campuses. The student count that year was almost 350.[6] In 1995 the student count was about 350 and it still had two campuses.[9]