Summary:
The city of Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, has a single public elementary school, Crest Memorial School, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 243 students. The school is part of the Wildwood Crest Borough School District, which is ranked 423 out of 615 districts in New Jersey and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Crest Memorial School has a predominantly white student population (79.42%), with smaller percentages of Hispanic (13.17%) and African American (2.88%) students. The school faces some challenges, including a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.2% and uneven academic performance, with strong proficiency in 5th-grade ELA (66.6%) but lower rates in Math (42.9%) and Science (28.6%) for the same grade, and even lower proficiency in 8th-grade Math (7.7%) and Science (8.7%). Additionally, a significant portion of the student population (30.86%) qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic need.
Despite these challenges, Crest Memorial School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 7.2 and higher-than-average spending per student at $22,617 for the 2018-2019 school year. However, the school's performance has declined in recent years, with its SchoolDigger ranking dropping from 535 out of 1,317 in 2020-2021 to 761 out of 1,342 in 2022-2023, and its star rating decreasing from 3 to 2 during this time. Addressing the factors contributing to the school's declining performance, uneven academic outcomes, high chronic absenteeism, and socioeconomic challenges could be important focus areas for the school and district.
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