Editing Sea Isle City, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
[[File:Cape May County Library Sea Isle City Branch.jpg|thumb|Cape May County Library Sea Isle City Branch]]
[[File:Former Sea Isle City Public School C.jpg|thumb|The former [[Sea Isle City Public School]]]]
Resident public school students had been served by a school operated by the [[Sea Isle City School District]] until the end of the 2012 school year. Merger discussions with the [[Ocean City School District]] in 2008 ended after the Ocean City district indicated that it did not want to accept Sea Isle City's tenured teachers, which it would be required to do under state law. Sea Isle City had been spending as much as $35,000 per student and hoped to see savings through the merger, even after adding in transportation costs.<ref>Editorial. "Merging schools / Law makes it hard", ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', June 30, 2008.</ref> The Sea Isle City district graduated its last eighth-grade class in June 2009 and with the 2010–2011 school year, students from Sea Isle City started attending the Ocean City schools starting in fifth grade.<ref>Ianieri, Brian. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/cape_may/article_48f28872-dc01-51af-a6cd-aef5b70480b4.html "Sea Isle sends off eight in city's last graduation"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', June 19, 2009. Accessed August 4, 2011. "Facing declining enrollment and fewer children left in the seasonal city, the school board in March made a controversial decision to send fifth-grade to eighth-grade students to the Ocean City School District in the fall. Sea Isle's school will retain pre-kindergarten through fourth-grade classes. The city's high school-age students have long attended Ocean City High School."</ref> As of June 30, 2012, Sea Isle City School District no longer operates any schools, in the face of an order by the commissioner of the [[New Jersey Department of Education]] that was based on declining enrollment and budgetary issues.<ref>Rudloff, Mary. [http://www.ocsentinel.com/news/state-orders-sea-isle-city-school-to-close/article_44ba860a-2bb4-5cb7-a0ec-8756c210e3c1.html "State orders Sea Isle City school to close; Sea Isle, Ocean City school boards vote not to stand in the way; students to come to Ocean City"], ''Ocean City Sentinel'', May 2, 2012. Accessed October 28, 2019. "By voting to not oppose the Order to Show Cause, both school districts agree to expand the send-receive relationship, sending Sea Isle's students in kindergarten through third grade to Ocean City beginning in September. Sea Isle's students in grades four through 12 already attend school in Ocean City."</ref> In March 2023, the Sea Isle City Public School was demolished to clear ground for a planned $20&nbsp;million community center due to be completed in 2025.<ref>Wittkowski, Donald. [https://seaislenews.com/demolition-starts-sea-isles-old-school/ "Demolition Starts on Sea Isle’s Old School"], Sea Isle News, March 22, 2023. Accessed March 25, 2023. "Sea Isle City’s former public school was simply no match for the metal claws of two giant excavators that began turning the 50-year-old building into piles of broken glass, twisted metal and concrete rubble.... Culminating years of planning and discussion, the city is going to use the site at 4501 Park Road to build a $20 million community recreation center tentatively scheduled to open in early 2025."</ref>

All Sea Isle City students in public school for [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]] are served by the [[Ocean City School District]]. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 2,056 students and 220.4 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 9.3:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3411970&DistrictID=3411970 District information for Ocean City School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411970 School Data for the Ocean City School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed August 5, 2022.</ref>) are 
Ocean City Primary School<ref>[https://oceancityschools.org/primary/index Ocean City Primary School], Ocean City School District. Accessed August 5, 2022.</ref> with 299 students in grades PreK-3, 
Ocean City Intermediate School<ref>[https://oceancityschools.org/intermediate/index Ocean City Intermediate School], Ocean City School District. Accessed August 5, 2022.</ref> with 468 students in grades 4-8 and 
[[Ocean City High School]]<ref>[https://oceancityschools.org/highschool/index Ocean City High School], Ocean City School District. Accessed August 5, 2022.</ref> with 1,274 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://oceancityschools.org/about/off About], Ocean City School District. Accessed August 5, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/09/3780 School Performance Reports for the Ocean City School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3780 New Jersey School Directory for Ocean City School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Students from [[Corbin City, New Jersey|Corbin City]], [[Longport, New Jersey|Longport]] and [[Upper Township, New Jersey|Upper Township]] attend Ocean City High School for [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s as part of [[sending/receiving relationship]]s with their respective school districts.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/09/3780/050.html Ocean City High School 2016 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed August 6, 2017. "Ocean City High School is a comprehensive high school serving the communities of Ocean City, Upper Township, Sea Isle City, Corbin City and Longport, with an enrollment of over 1,250 students."</ref>

Students are also eligible to attend [[Cape May County Technical High School]] in the Cape May Court House area, which serves students from the entire county in its comprehensive and vocational programs, which are offered without charge to students who are county residents.<ref>[https://www.capemaytech.com/faq.html Frequently Asked Questions], [[Cape May County Technical High School]]. Accessed October 27, 2019. "All residents of Cape May County are eligible to attend Cape May County Technical High School.... The Cape May County Technical High School is a public school so there is no cost to residents of Cape May County."</ref><ref>[https://www.capemaytech.com/hs-admissions.html Technical High School Admissions], [[Cape May County Technical High School]]. Accessed October 27, 2019. "All students who are residents of Cape May County may apply to the Technical High School."</ref> Special needs students may be referred to [[Cape May County Special Services School District]] in the Cape May Court House area.

The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden]] operates Bishop McHugh Regional School, a Catholic [[K–8 school]], in the [[Ocean View, New Jersey|Ocean View]] area, [[Dennis Township, New Jersey|Dennis Township]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Leach|first=Ben|url=https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/bishop-mchugh-regional-catholic-school-in-ocean-view-opens-doors-to-kindergartners-pre-k-students/article_af9943c8-b613-11df-8993-001cc4c03286.html|title=Bishop McHugh Regional Catholic School in Ocean View opens doors to kindergartners, pre-K students|newspaper=[[Press of Atlantic City]]|date=2010-09-10|access-date=2020-09-14|quote=Bishop McHugh Regional Catholic School in the Ocean View section of Dennis Township}}</ref> which has a [[Cape May Courthouse]] postal address.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dennistwp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DennisTownshipZoningMapApril2013-min.pdf|title=Zoning Map|publisher=[[Dennis Township, New Jersey|Dennis Township]]|access-date=2020-09-14}}  - [https://www.bishopmchugh.com Compare to the address]: "2221 Rt. 9 North, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210"</ref> It is the parish school of Sea Isle City Catholic Church and three other churches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bishopmchugh.com/about_us/welcome_to_bishop_mc_hugh|title=About|publisher=Bishop McHugh Regional School|access-date=2020-09-14}}</ref>

Cape May County Library operates Sea Isle City Branch Library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cmclibrary.org/about-the-library/locations/seaislecity|title=Sea Isle City|publisher=Cape May County Library|access-date=2020-09-18}}</ref>