Editing Rio Grande, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The areas within Middle Township, including almost all of Rio Grande CDP, are in the [[Middle Township Public Schools]];<ref name=CensusSDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34009_cape_may/DC20SD_C34009.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cape May County, NJ|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-04-08}}</ref> it operates its campuses in [[Cape May Court House]], including [[Middle Township High School]].

The areas within Lower Township, including a sliver of the CDP, are in the [[Lower Township School District]] for elementary grades and the [[Lower Cape May Regional School District]] for secondary grades.<ref name=CensusSDMap2020/> The elementary school district operates Douglass School (PreK and Kindergarten) in [[Villas, New Jersey|Villas CDP]] and three schools in [[Cold Spring, New Jersey|Cold Spring]]: Mitnick School (1–2), Abrams School (3–4), and Sandman School (5–6). The secondary school district Teitelman Middle School and [[Lower Cape May Regional High School]] in the [[Erma, New Jersey|Erma]] area.

Countywide schools include [[Cape May Technical High School]]<ref>[https://www.capemaytech.com/faq.html Frequently Asked Questions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027172324/https://www.capemaytech.com/faq.html |date=October 27, 2019 }}, [[Cape May County Technical High School]]. Accessed October 27, 2019. "All residents of Cape May County are eligible to attend Cape May County Technical High School.... The Cape May County Technical High School is a public school so there is no cost to residents of Cape May County."</ref><ref>[https://www.capemaytech.com/hs-admissions.html Technical High School Admissions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027172422/https://capemaytech.com/hs-admissions.html |date=October 27, 2019 }}, [[Cape May County Technical High School]]. Accessed October 27, 2019. "All students who are residents of Cape May County may apply to the Technical High School."</ref> (for technical school students) and [[Cape May County Special Services School District]] (for special needs students) in the Cape May Court House area.

In the era of [[de jure]] [[educational segregation in the United States]], a school for white children in grades 1-6 was maintained in Rio Grande and a school for black children was maintained in [[Whitesboro, New Jersey|Whitesboro]] in grades 1–8. White children in Rio Grande were sent to [[West Cape May School District]] for grades 7–12.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Jensen|first=Noma|title=A Survey of Segregation Practices in the New Jersey School System|journal=[[The Journal of Negro Education]]|date=Winter 1948|volume=17|issue=1|pages=84–88|publisher=[[Journal of Negro Education]]|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2966093|jstor=2966093}} - CITED: p. 86.</ref>