Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 216 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341716005890
Brass Castle School
16 CASTLE STREET, WASHINGTON, NJ 07882 · (908) 689-1188 · Warren County
GRADES 04–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
57 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Washington Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
52.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
35.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.7% | 43.6% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Brass Castle School
Brass Castle School's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brass Castle School this school | 261 | 21.8% | 43.2% |
| Sewell Elementary School SEWELL | 273 | 22.7% | N/A |
| Woodbury Heights Elementary WOODBURY HTS | 248 | 19.8% | 49.9% |
| Florence M. Burd NEWTON | 288 | 24.3% | 67.9% |
| Riverton School District RIVERTON | 252 | 19.0% | 50.0% |
| Franklin Township School WASHINGTON | 251 | 25.9% | 49.1% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Brass Castle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Warren County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #678 of 1,290 | #10 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #869 of 1,319 ▼ 180 | #17 of 21 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #637 of 1,319 ▼ 97 | #7 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #1,251 of 1,562 | #17 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #472 of 1,390 | #13 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #1,007 of 1,392 | #14 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.8% | #1,002 of 1,481 | #17 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #480 of 798 | #6 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
261
+27 (+12%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 256
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 8.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 261 | 25 | 10.4:1 | 22% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 25 | 9.9:1 | 18% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 28 | 7.6:1 | 23% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 28 | 8.4:1 | 17% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 286 | 28 | 10.2:1 | 18% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 29 | 10.4:1 | 17% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 284 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 7% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 6% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 256 | 12 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brass Castle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (286 to 261); teachers down 11% (28 to 25).
About Brass Castle School
Brass Castle School is a small elementary school that serves part of WASHINGTON, New Jersey. Students in grades 4 through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 261 students. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 36% smaller than that.
Brass Castle School belongs to Washington Township School District, a district of 2 schools and 431 students.
Roughly 75% of students at Brass Castle School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is close to the 77% White share among all Warren County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 25 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.4:1. That is lower than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 22%. The 36% average for public schools in Warren County is 14 points higher.
Brass Castle School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 27% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In New Jersey, Brass Castle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.2% actual against a predicted 54.2%.
Among Warren County residents, the median household income is $100,869, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Brass Castle School, Warren County has 40 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Washington Memorial Elementary School, is about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Brass Castle School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Fringe, or in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment grew 12% from its 2020-21 level of 234. The ratio of students to teachers went from 8.4:1 to 10.4:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Brass Castle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,849
Census ACS
Median income
$100,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
15,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington Township School District
- Port Colden SchoolElementary · 170 students
Other schools in WASHINGTON
- Warren Hills Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,050 students
- Warren Hills Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 477 students
- Warren County Vocational Technical SchoolHigh · 413 students
- Taylor Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 280 students
- Washington Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 280 students
- Franklin Township SchoolElementary · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Memorial Elementary School0.8 mi · 280
- Warren Hills Regional Middle School1.1 mi · 477
- Taylor Street Elementary School1.4 mi · 280
- Warren County Vocational Technical School1.4 mi · 413
- Warren Hills Regional High School1.6 mi · 1,050
- Port Colden School2.8 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About Brass Castle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brass Castle School?
Brass Castle School enrolls approximately 261 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Brass Castle School serve?
Brass Castle School serves grades 04-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brass Castle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brass Castle School is approximately 10.4:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brass Castle School?
At Brass Castle School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Brass Castle School in?
Brass Castle School is part of Washington Township School District.
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