Enrollment
261
High
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILDWOOD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341794001768
Wildwood High School
4300 PACIFIC AVE, WILDWOOD, NJ 08260 · (609) 522-7922 · Cape May County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of New Jersey public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
186 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 72 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 71 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 53 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 65 | 25% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wildwood City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
18.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -6.5pp since 2023
Math
20.0%
NJ avg 41.6%
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.5% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | N/A |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Wildwood High School
Wildwood High School's state test result (15.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood High School this school | 261 | 71.3% | 15.5% |
| Manville High School Manville | 528 | 64.2% | 17.5% |
| Perth Amboy Magnet School PERTH AMBOY | 269 | 74.3% | 38.9% |
| Paterson STEAM High School PATERSON | 379 | 64.6% | 13.4% |
| Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy Pennington | 111 | 64.9% | 28.3% |
| Piscataway Magnet School PISCATAWAY | 640 | 65.3% | 33.9% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Wildwood High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cape May County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #345 of 397 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #255 of 400 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #359 of 395 ▲ 1 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #382 of 442 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #40 of 388 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #168 of 389 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #60 of 405 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.5% | #78 of 173 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
261
+10 (+4%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 518
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 8.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 261 | 26.4 | 9.9:1 | 71% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 255 | 24.6 | 10.4:1 | 58% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 29.5 | 8.9:1 | 69% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | 31 | 8.1:1 | 69% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 234 | 37 | 6.3:1 | 65% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 241 | 45 | 5.4:1 | 74% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 289 | 28 | 10.3:1 | 56% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 40 | 11.2:1 | 52% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 518 | 53 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wildwood High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (234 to 261); teachers down 29% (37 to 26.4).
About Wildwood High School
Wildwood High School is a high school with a street address in WILDWOOD, New Jersey. Its 261 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in New Jersey is about 929 students.
District-wide, Wildwood City School District has 3 schools and 785 students.
Hispanic students account for 57% of enrollment at Wildwood High School. Smaller groups are 31% White, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Cape May County is roughly 8% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Wildwood High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
Wildwood High School operates with 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.9:1. For comparison, high schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1. About 71% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is above the 44% average among public schools in Cape May County.
Measured against New Jersey public high schools, Wildwood High School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 27.2% at Wildwood High School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 15.5%.
Cape May County has these Census figures: median household income is about $91,128, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Wildwood High School is among the 32 public schools in Cape May County.
The next-closest public school is Wildwood Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. Wildwood High School ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 15.5% against a local average of 28.6%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 261 was 4% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 251. Students per teacher rose from 8.1 in 2020-21 to 9.9 in 2024-25.
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Cape May County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
94,941
Census ACS
Median income
$91,128
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
11,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wildwood City School District
- Glenwood Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- Wildwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 157 students
Other schools in WILDWOOD
- Glenwood Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- Wildwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 157 students
Nearby schools
- Wildwood Middle School0.0 mi · 157
- Glenwood Avenue Elementary School0.7 mi · 367
- Margaret Mace Elementary School1.5 mi · 159
- Crest Memorial School2.2 mi · 194
- Lower Cape May Regional High School4.6 mi · 717
- Richard M. Teitelman Middle School4.6 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Wildwood High SchoolHow many students attend Wildwood High School?
Wildwood High School enrolls approximately 261 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Wildwood High School serve?
Wildwood High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Wildwood High School?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at Wildwood High School.
How diverse is Wildwood High School?
Wildwood High School reports a student body of 31% White, 57% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Wildwood High School public or private?
Wildwood High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wildwood City School District.
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