Editing Wildwood Crest, New Jersey (section)

== Education ==
[[File:WildwoodCrestMemorialESNJ.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Wildwood Crest Memorial School]]]]
[[File:Wildwood Crest Library.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Wildwood Crest Library]]
The [[Wildwood Crest School District]] serves public school students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] at Crest Memorial School.<ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/5800&source=01 New Jersey County School Directory for the Wildwood Crest School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=eef4c81e7aab4c729ea0f05e9004c6c2 Wildwood Crest Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Wildwood Crest School District. Accessed September 6, 2021. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Wildwood Crest School District. Composition: The Wildwood Crest School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Wildwood Crest."</ref> As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 275 students and 34.4 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 8.0:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3417970&DistrictID=3417970 District information for Wildwood Crest Borough School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2021.</ref>

For [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s, public school students from Wildwood Crest attend [[Wildwood High School]] in [[Wildwood, New Jersey|Wildwood]] as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Wildwood Public School District]], together with students from [[North Wildwood, New Jersey|North Wildwood]] and Wildwood Crest.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/09/5790/050.html Wildwood High School 2015 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed August 7, 2017. "Wildwood High School services all of the districts on the island (Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, North Wildwood and West Wildwood.)"</ref> As of the 2019–20 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 245 students and 29.9 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 8.2:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417940&ID=341794001768 School data for Wildwood High School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2021.</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.

[[Wildwood Catholic Academy]] in [[North Wildwood, New Jersey|North Wildwood]] (prior to 2020 it was two separate schools: Cape Trinity Catholic elementary school and Wildwood Catholic High School) operates under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden]].<ref>[http://www.camdendiocese.org/index.php?option=com_sobi2&catid=43&Itemid=705 Cape May County School Directory], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden]]. Accessed September 4, 2011.</ref>

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