As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 938 students and 92.3 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1.[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]
The district formed in 1912 with the merger of Wildwood Borough and
Holly Beach Borough school systems. The first school in the Wildwoods opened in 1882. After 1934, the city was at that time divided between the Glenwood Avenue and Wildwood High building zones for elementary school, with Garfield Avenue as the boundary; the Wildwood High building had grades 1-12 at the time.[6] Now all areas of Wildwood City are zoned to the same two schools.
Previously the district maintained Elementary School #1, for grades 5 and 6, at 4300 Pacific Avenue (at the site of the high school).[14]
There was the Andrew Avenue School, a K-8 school which opened in 1886 and closed in 1934. A park was placed where it was.[6]
Beginning in 1915, in the era of
de jureeducational segregation in the United States, Arctic Avenue School #4, with four classrooms, had segregated facilities for black children for grades 1-6. It stopped operations in 1949.[6] By 1948 Wildwood's elementary took both white and black students but maintained separate classrooms on the basis of race.[15]
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[16]
Jason Fuscellaro, business administrator and board secretary[18]
Board of education
The district's
board of education, comprised of nine 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 three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. A non-voting board member represents North Wildwood[18][19][20]
^Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Woodbury Heights School District,
New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2020. Accessed September 9, 2021. "The City of 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 nine members elected to three-year terms. Effective with the 2012 fiscal year, the election of Board Members was moved to the general election in November resulting in the members whose term would have expired in April of 2012 being carried over to December 31, 2012."
* Formerly operated its own 1-8 school, which has been closed since 1931. ** Formerly operated its own K-8, then K-6 school, which has been closed since July 2012. School districts by county: