Wildwood Middle School

As a rural-scale junior high in WILDWOOD, New Jersey, Wildwood Middle School enrolls 157 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Wildwood City School District. That puts it 73% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Wildwood City School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 785 students; Wildwood Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Wildwood Middle School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment; the rest reads as 14% White, 8% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Wildwood Middle School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.4:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Cape May County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, Wildwood Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.1%; this one delivers 9.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cape May County) records that median household earnings sit near $91,128, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Cape May County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,388 students), of which Wildwood Middle School is one.

Wildwood High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wildwood Middle School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wildwood Middle School's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 163 (now 157). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 68% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.