North Wildwood School District

North Wildwood School District
Margaret Mace School
Address
1201 Atlantic Avenue
North Wildwood
, Cape May County, New Jersey, 08260
United States
Coordinates38°59′59″N 74°47′53″W / 38.999616°N 74.798009°W / 38.999616; -74.798009
District information
GradesPreK-8
SuperintendentJonathan Price
Business administratorRobert Delengowski (interim)
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment164 (as of 2024–25)[1]
Faculty29.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio5.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupA
Websitewww.nwboe.com
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

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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4][5] The district also serves students from West Wildwood, which has a non-operating district that sends students to North Wildwood District in a sending/receiving relationship.[6][7]

As of the 2024–25 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 164 students and 29.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 5.7:1.[1]

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 City School District, together with students from West Wildwood and Wildwood Crest.[8] As of the 2024–25 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 261 students and 26.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.9:1.[9]

History

The district had been 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.[10]

By 2020, enrollment had declined since many properties in North Wildwood had been converted from being year-round rentals to summer-only or single-family housing. Additionally rentals had declined in West Wildwood due to flooding.[7]

Schools

Margaret Mace School served an enrollment of 159 students in grades PreK–8 in the 2024–25 school year.[11]

In 2019, North Wildwood district received 20 students from West Wildwood, making up 11% of the North Wildwood district enrollment.[7]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][13]

  • Jonathan Price, superintendent
  • Robert Delengowski, interim business administrator and board secretary

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. The West Wildwood district sends a non-voting representative to the board. 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.[14][15][16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for North Wildwood School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ North Wildwood Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, North Wildwood School District, adopted April 29, 2024. Accessed March 25, 2026. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the North Wildwood School District. Composition The North Wildwood School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of [North] Wildwood."
  4. ↑ School Performance Reports for the North Wildwood School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2025.
  5. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the North Wildwood School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ Re: Latino Action Network, et als. v. State of New Jersey, et als. Docket No.: MER-L-1076-18, Wildwood City School District, April 3, 2020. Accessed March 25, 2026. "Public school students from West Wildwood, a non-operating school district, attend North Wildwood Public Schools for grades K-8, and attend the District's schools for grades 9-12."
  7. 1 2 3 West Wildwood School District Feasibility Study To Consider The Education Of Pk-8 Students Of West Wildwood, Stockton University, 2020. Accessed March 25, 2026. "Many of the new dwellings are single family or summer only homes. This has caused a reduced inventory of rental properties, which has impacted enrollment. The sending district of West Wildwood has seen increased flooding during recent years, which has reduced the rental properties. This has also affected North Wildwood’s enrollment."
  8. ↑ Re: Wildwood Public Schools Request for Designation as a Choice District within the New Jersey Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, Wildwood City School District, May 4, 2020. Accessed March 25, 2026. "According to our latest demographic study conducted by Stockton University, the enrollment of the Wildwood High School is expected to decrease by at least an additional 29 students beyond the 107 we currently lose each year to choice and Cape May Tech.... According to Stockton University, the additional drop will be brought on by housing pattern shifts and declining birth rates in the sending districts of North Wildwood, West Wildwood, and Wildwood Crest."
  9. ↑ School data for Wildwood High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.
  10. ↑ District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 1, 2024.
  11. ↑ School Data for the North Wildwood School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 15, 2026.
  12. ↑ Staff Directory, North Wildwood School District. Accessed January 3, 2023.
  13. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Cape May County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the City of North Wildwood School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2025. Accessed March 25, 2026. "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." See "Roster of Officials" on page 14.
  16. ↑ Board of Education, North Wildwood School District. Accessed March 25, 2026.
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