Summary:
ZIP code 08260 has one high school, Wildwood High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 261 students. With no second school in the list, there is no local school-to-school comparison. In 2025–26, the school’s reported proficiency rates were below state rates in every tested subject and grade category, making the broad state achievement gap the most important finding for parents.
The strongest reported result was Grade 11 NJGPA English Language Arts: 54% proficient, compared with 76% statewide, a gap of 22 percentage points. Grade 9 NJSLA English Language Arts (35%, 16 points below state) and Grade 11 NJGPA Mathematics (44%, 17 points below) were the closest comparisons to state results. The lowest rates were in Algebra I End of Course, at 2.0% versus 40% statewide, and Algebra I Grade 9, at 2.1% versus 22%; the gaps were 38 and 20 points. Geometry End of Course was also far below state results: 14% versus 52%, a 37-point gap.
Results moved in different directions over time: Grade 9 ELA rose 17 percentage points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, and NJGPA Mathematics rose 9 points, while Algebra I End of Course fell 6 points, Geometry Grade 9 fell 11, and Grade 11 Science fell 4. SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 18th percentile with one star in 2023–24, the 5th percentile with zero stars in 2024–25, and the 12th percentile with one star in 2025–26. Other context includes a 9.8 student–teacher ratio and 71% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. The 2024–25 graduation rate was 89%, matching the state, while chronic absenteeism was 20%, about 5 percentage points above the state rate.
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