North Wildwood School District

North Wildwood School District has one listed school, Margaret Mace Elementary School, serving grades PK–8 and enrolling 159 students. In 2025–2026, its grade-averaged ELA and math results were above New Jersey’s averages: 58% versus 51% in ELA and 54% versus 40% in math; science was slightly below, at 22% versus 23%. The most important finding is that these positive overall comparisons conceal a sharp divide: grade 8 results were below the state in all three subjects.

Within the school, grade 3 stood out at the top, with 82% proficient in both ELA and math—34 points above the state in ELA and 33 points above in math. Grade 5 science was also strong: 39%, 12 points above the state. Grade 8 was at the bottom: 35% in ELA, 19% in math, and 6% in science, trailing state results by 18, 4, and 13 points, respectively. These differences show why the school’s above-state ELA and math averages do not describe results at every grade.

Results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, especially in ELA and math: the school’s grade averages rose 15 points in ELA and 13 points in math, while the state averages changed by −3 and less than 1 point, respectively. Science rose 12 points, but remained below the state. Improvement was not universal: grade 8 math fell 20 points, and grade 8 ELA fell 4 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking rose from the 39th percentile and 2 stars in 2024–2025 to the 71st percentile and 4 stars in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, the student-teacher ratio was 5.4, 54% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, and chronic absenteeism was 27%, compared with 14% statewide. With only one school listed, the data cannot support school-to-school comparisons.