Global InformationWest Cape May School District information
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301 Moore Street
West Cape May , Cape May County, New Jersey, 08204 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°56′25″N 74°56′01″W / 38.940301°N 74.933559°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK to 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Zachary Palombo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | John Thomas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 86 (as of 2022–23)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 10.2 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 8.5:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | DE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | West Cape May Schools | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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West Cape May School District is a community public school district located in West Cape May in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.[3][4]
In the 2016–17 school year, the district had 98 students, making it the eighth-smallest district in the state.[5][6]
The district has been a participant in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program.[7]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 86 students and 10.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.5:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[8]
For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend the schools of the Lower Cape May Regional School District, which serves students from Cape May, Lower Township and West Cape May, along with students from Cape May Point who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[9][10] Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[11]) are Richard M. Teitelman Middle School[12] with 439 students in grades 7 and 8, and Lower Cape May Regional High School[9] with 764 students in grades 9-12.[13]
In 2013, the Lower Cape May Regional School District received a feasibility study that looked at ways to reconfigure the district, which had been established in 1956. The study considered Cape May City withdrawing from the regional district or the dissolution of the district, converting Lower Township's existing PreK-6 district to serve PreK-12, as the regional district's school facilities are located in the township. Cape May City and West Cape May could see annual savings approaching a combined $6 million from the dissolution.[10]
- ^ a b c d District information for West Cape May School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
- ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ^ School Performance Reports for the West Cape May School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
- ^ New Jersey School Directory for Cape May County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
- ^ Procida, Lee. "Sea Isle, Long Beach Island are examples of how closing small, high-cost schools can be difficult, unpopular", The Press of Atlantic City, September 20, 2011. Accessed March 12, 2015. "The 10 smallest school districts in the state each have fewer than 100 students. Seven of them, all in South Jersey, are grappling with shrinking enrollment, aging buildings and rising property taxes.... West Cape May disregarded a recommendation to send students to Cape May, and instead started welcoming students from outside its borders through the state Public School Choice program. The first 16 choice students increased the prekindergarten-through-sixth-grade school's enrollment to 58 students this year."
- ^ Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 8. West Cape May Borough - Enrollment: 98; Grades: Pre-K-6"
- ^ West Cape May School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 25, 2017. "The West Cape May School District has been a Choice District since 2011. The New Jersey Interdistrict Public School Choice program provides the opportunity for non-resident students to attend West Cape May Elementary School at no cost to their parents/guardians. The West Cape May School District is comprised of one school, grades Pre-K through sixth with an enrollment of 100 students."
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 30, 2014.
- ^ a b Lower Cape May Regional High School, Lower Cape May Regional School District. Accessed March 26, 2023.
- ^ a b Johnson, Virgil; and Kirtland, James L. "A Feasibility Study to Reconfigure the Lower Cape May Regional School District", Statistical Forecasting LLC, June 2013. Accessed October 31, 2014. "Cape May City is one of three constituent communities served by the Lower Cape May Regional School District ('Lower Cape May Regional'), a limited purpose school district providing education for the middle and high school students from Cape May City, Lower Township, and West Cape May.... Students from Cape May Point attend on a sending-receiving basis."
- ^ School Data for the Lower Cape May Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
- ^ Richard M. Teitelman Middle School, Lower Cape May Regional School District. Accessed March 26, 2023.
- ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Lower Cape May Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.