Based on an Asbury Park Press review of statewide test scores, Woodrow Wilson school placed 685 out of 1,290 fourth grades that took the Elementary School Fourth-Grade Proficiency Assessment, and 338 out of 639 classes that took the Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment last year. The school scored about same as other schools in the same socioeconomic status, but fell below the average test scores for the state. But standardized tests don't always show a true measure of what students are learning in school, teachers say. Working with four to five students at a time, she gives personal attention to students who need assistance with mathematics or language arts. Neptune City is a working-class community in an expensive county.
Many pupils come from two-income households that are just making ends meet.
It can be intimidating for some people, because we don't do things today the same way they did things when the parents were in school. The district has also had to cope with limited funding. During the last five years, the cost per pupil didn't even keep up with the rate of inflation, increasing 7.1 percent since 1995-96. Inflation during that time rose 9.1 percent. Yet despite limited funds, the district has tried to introduce new technology.