Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson, a close-knit K-5 school in NEPTUNE CITY, New Jersey, one of the schools within Neptune City School District, enrolls 264 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 35% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Woodrow Wilson sits inside Neptune City School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Woodrow Wilson logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 30% Black, 22% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at Woodrow Wilson qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Monmouth County (around 29%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Woodrow Wilson falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.5%; this one comes in at 17.1%, -18.4 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Monmouth County reports that median household income runs about $124,845, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Monmouth County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students), of which Woodrow Wilson is one.

Neptune High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodrow Wilson. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodrow Wilson at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woodrow Wilson has fell 9%, going from 290 students in 2018 to 264 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 33% to 22%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.