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Glenwood Avenue Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
1218th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,331 New Jersey Elementary Schools
Better than 8% of New Jersey elementary schools
Summary

Glenwood Avenue Elementary School serves 367 students in pre-K through grade 5 in Wildwood, New Jersey. In 2025–26, its reported proficiency rates were below state averages in every tested grade and subject, and matched the Wildwood City School District figures exactly in all seven results. The most important finding is that low proficiency is evident across subjects and grades, not just in one area.

Compared with nearby schools, Glenwood’s strongest relative result was fifth-grade science, though its 10% proficiency rate remained 17 points below the state and 23 points below the nearby-school average. Mathematics was weakest: its results were 33–38 points below state averages and 40–45 points below nearby averages. Glenwood had the lowest result in each comparable nearby-school test comparison except third-grade ELA, where it scored 26.8% versus 27.3% at Middle Township Elementary #2. Its ELA results were also well below state and nearby averages.

Results over time show clearer progress in ELA and science than in math: the average ELA score across grades 3–5 rose from 13% in 2022–23 to 27% in 2025–26, and fifth-grade science rose from 0% to 10%; math rose from 10% to 12% after reaching 16% in 2024–25. SchoolDigger ranks Glenwood at the 8th percentile statewide, with 0 stars—up from the 4th percentile in 2022–23, but down from the 10th in 2024–25. Its statewide effectiveness ranking for Low Socio Economic Status Students is stronger than its overall standing: the group is at the 15th percentile, compared with 8th overall. For English Language Learner Students, the ranking fell from the 17th percentile in 2024–25 to the 5th in 2025–26. Glenwood’s 9.4 students per teacher is mid-range among nearby schools; its free/reduced lunch eligible share was 83% in 2024–25, compared with a nearby-school average of 49%—context that does not establish a cause for the results.

367
Students ?
9.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$25,132
Per pupil spending ?
83.1%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 Glenwood & New York Ave
       Wildwood, NJ  08260

(609) 522-1630

District: Wildwood City School District


Students who attend Glenwood Avenue Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Wildwood Middle School
High:    Wildwood High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
68.4%
White:
16.3%
African American:
9.5%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 3rd percentile in 2016 → 8th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2016
✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (18% vs 45% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)
!Mathematics scores 35 pts below the New Jersey average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school18%
District avg18%
New Jersey avg45%
1,218th of 1,331
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 8%▲ up 5 pts since 2016
From bottom 3% (2016) to bottom 8% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
583rd of 607Wildwood City School District among New Jersey districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202611.31218 of 13318.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.51219 of 13479.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.71260 of 13385.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.11291 of 13423.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.41271 of 13455.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.61088 of 131717.4%★☆☆☆☆
20193.51332 of 13602.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.31313 of 13533.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20173.51324 of 13522.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20164.61304 of 13463.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20154.51325 of 13572.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20143.11312 of 13633.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20139.21245 of 13678.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20129.01251 of 13638.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201112.11228 of 13609.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201023.71130 of 135416.5%★☆☆☆☆
200928.91077 of 134620.0%★☆☆☆☆
200828.91082 of 133819.1%★☆☆☆☆
200717.41159 of 132912.8%★☆☆☆☆
200618.41140 of 131413.2%★☆☆☆☆
200514.61158 of 130311.1%★☆☆☆☆
200418.01112 of 129814.3%★☆☆☆☆
200310.21055 of 120412.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
201822.7399 of 51722.8%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202615.8553 of 5814.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202523.7496 of 59716.9%★☆☆☆☆
202420.4491 of 55912.2%★☆☆☆☆
202317.5459 of 4998.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.6466 of 4894.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202128.0315 of 41123.4%★☆☆☆☆
201916.0417 of 4639.9%★☆☆☆☆
201814.5399 of 4348.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202610.21223 of 13116.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.41223 of 13267.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.31229 of 13176.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.61253 of 13184.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.91244 of 13266.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.51158 of 129010.2%★☆☆☆☆
20194.71276 of 13314.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.91265 of 13335.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202620.2874 of 99111.8%★☆☆☆☆
202518.3870 of 103215.7%★☆☆☆☆
202413.9881 of 98910.9%★☆☆☆☆
202312.5891 of 9829.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.9850 of 95310.8%★☆☆☆☆
202124.9745 of 89616.9%★☆☆☆☆
20197.6821 of 8998.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.4795 of 8708.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202624.4847 of 100215.5%★☆☆☆☆
202523.3878 of 102314.2%★☆☆☆☆
202139.5504 of 83939.9%★★☆☆☆
201911.0814 of 94814.1%★☆☆☆☆
201812.8891 of 9425.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202615.81125 of 130613.9%★☆☆☆☆
202517.51111 of 131815.7%★☆☆☆☆
202412.81154 of 131312.1%★☆☆☆☆
202310.01203 of 13158.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.51186 of 132410.4%★☆☆☆☆
202125.1914 of 129729.5%★☆☆☆☆
20193.71295 of 13353.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.11277 of 13344.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202613.9916 of 9705.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.2943 of 10237.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.6861 of 98912.9%★☆☆☆☆
202322.3731 of 95823.7%★☆☆☆☆
202217.6812 of 94914.4%★☆☆☆☆
202130.0576 of 86833.6%★★☆☆☆
201914.2912 of 10079.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.8920 of 10018.1%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20233.0936 of 9754.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20221.1952 of 9762.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.2879 of 9648.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20190.8989 of 10233.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.0972 of 10224.9%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
African American (2018)23rd percentile+20 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)15th percentile+7 vs school
Male (2026)14th percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2026)12th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2026)7th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)6th percentile-3 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)5th percentile-4 vs school
White (2023)4th percentile~ school
By subject vs New Jersey (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts27%-22 vs state
Mathematics12%-35 vs state
Science10%-17 vs state

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Monday, July 9, 2018

Open Quote The worst experience my child has had in his life! Administrators withhold information from parents and then retaliate against them when they speak up. Also, they cover staff bullying incidents against special needs students. Disability traits are treated as behaviors to be punished and managed with suspensions. denying due process rights. Close Quote





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Students who attend Glenwood Avenue Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Wildwood Middle School
High : Wildwood High School

Glenwood Avenue Elementary School ranks in the bottom 8.5% of New Jersey elementary schools.

Students at Glenwood Avenue Elementary School are 68% Hispanic, 16% White, 10% African American, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 367 students attended Glenwood Avenue Elementary School.

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