Wildwood Crest School District

The Wildwood Crest School District is a public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Wildwood Crest, in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3][4][5]

Wildwood Crest School District
Wildwood Crest Memorial School
Address
9100 Pacific Avenue Wildwood Crest , Cape May County, New Jersey, 08260 United States
Coordinates	38.963462°N 74.849467°W / 38.963462; -74.849467
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	David J. Del Conte Jr.
Business administrator	James Lushok
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	251 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty	33.4 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	7.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	B
Website	www.crestmem.edu
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $25,598 66 $18,891 35.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 21,163 65 14,159 49.5% 2 Classroom Instruction 11,904 63 8,659 37.5% 6 Support Services 4,238 65 2,167 95.6% 8 Administrative Cost 1,136 3 1,547 −26.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 3,440 67 1,612 113.4% 13 Extracurricular Activities 396 63 104 280.8% 16 Median Teacher Salary 60,551 46 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 251 students and 33.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.5:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-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.^[6]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students from Wildwood Crest attend Wildwood High School in Wildwood as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Wildwood Public School District, together with students from North Wildwood and Wildwood Crest.^[7] As of the 2019–20 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 245 students and 29.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.2:1.^[8]

School

Crest Memorial School (CMS) serves students in grades PreK-8. The school had an enrollment of 267 students in the 2019–20 school year.^[9]

• Lawrence Lhulier, principal^[10]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[10][11]

• David J. Del Conte Jr., superintendent
• James Lushok, business administrator and board secretary^[12]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of five 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 one or two 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.^[13][14][15]

Previously the district had nine board members, but in 1936 voters changed that number to five.^[16]

References

1. District information for Wildwood Crest Borough School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Wildwood Crest Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Wildwood Crest School District. Accessed September 6, 2021. "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 Wildwood Crest School District. Composition: The Wildwood Crest School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Wildwood Crest."
4. School Performance Reports for the Wildwood Crest School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
5. New Jersey School Directory for the Wildwood Crest School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 2, 2014.
7. Wildwood High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 7, 2017. "Wildwood High School services all of the districts on the island (Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, North Wildwood and West Wildwood.) "
8. School data for Wildwood High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2021.
9. School Data for the Crest Memorial School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2021.
10. Administration, Wildwood Crest School District. Accessed September 6, 2021.
11. New Jersey County School Directory for Cape May County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
12. Board Office, Wildwood Crest School District. Accessed September 6, 2021. Accessed September 6, 2021.
13. Board of Education, Wildwood Crest School District. Accessed September 6, 2021. "The oversight of the Wildwood Crest School District is entrusted to the Board of Education which consists of five community members elected by local voters for three-year terms."
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 Wildwood Crest School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2020. Accessed September 6, 2021. "The 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'). The Board is comprised of five members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that member's terms expire each year. The Superintendent is appointed by the Board to act as executive officer of the School District. The purpose of the School District is to educate students in grades Pre-K through eight at its one school."
16. "School Board Cut at Wildwood Crest". The Morning Post. Camden, New Jersey. February 12, 1936. p. 4. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.

External links

• New Jersey portal
• Schools portal

• Wildwood Crest Memorial School
  • Wildwood Crest Memorial School (crest.capemayschools.com) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
• School Performance Reports for the Crest Memorial School, New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Crest Memorial School, National Center for Education Statistics