North Wildwood School District

The North Wildwood School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from North Wildwood, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, at Margaret Mace School.[3]

North Wildwood School District
Address
1201 Atlantic Avenue
North Wildwood, NJ 08260
United States
Coordinates38.999616°N 74.798009°W / 38.999616; -74.798009
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentChris Armstrong
Business administratorRose Millar
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment227 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty33.3 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio6.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupA
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$24,99164$18,89132.3%
1Budgetary Cost21,0636414,15948.8%
2Classroom Instruction12,162648,65940.5%
6Support Services4,072642,16787.9%
8Administrative Cost1,688401,5479.1%
10Operations & Maintenance2,705601,61267.8%
13Extracurricular Activities31860104205.8%
16Median Teacher Salary62,0035661,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71
Margaret Mace School

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 227 students and 33.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.8:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[4]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students from North Wildwood attend Wildwood High School in Wildwood as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Wildwood Public School District, together with students from West Wildwood and Wildwood Crest.[5] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 248 students and 32.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.8:1.[6]

Schools

Margaret Mace School served an enrollment of 221 students in grades PreK-8 in the 2018–19 school year.[7]

  • Patti Donlan, Assistant Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[8]

  • Chris Armstrong, Superintendent
  • Rose Millar, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, with seven members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.[9][10][11]

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References
  1. District information for North Wildwood School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. Schools, North Wildwood School District. Accessed May 12, 2020.
  4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  5. Wildwood High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 22, 2017. "Wildwood High School services all of the districts on the island (Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, North Wildwood and West Wildwood.)"
  6. School data for Wildwood High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  7. School Data for the North Wildwood School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  8. New Jersey School Directory for Cape May County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  9. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
  10. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the City of North Wildwood School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed May 1, 2020. "The City of North Wildwood School District is a Type II district located in the County of Cape May, State of New Jersey. As a type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The board is comprised of seven members elected to a three-year term. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades K-8."
  11. Board Members, North Wildwood School District. Accessed May 12, 2020.
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