Brass Castle School

Located at 16 CASTLE STREET, in WASHINGTON, New Jersey, Brass Castle School is a compact K-5 school that serves 261 students (grades 4 through 6), operated by Washington Township School District. That puts it 36% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Brass Castle School is one of 16 schools operated by Washington Township School District, a district that serves 9,381 students overall.

Demographically, Brass Castle School records that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Warren County's rate of about 36%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Brass Castle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.2%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Warren County put median household earnings sit near $100,869, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Warren County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,462 students), Brass Castle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Washington Memorial Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Brass Castle School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.1%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brass Castle School has edged down 9%, going from 286 students in 2018 to 261 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 80% to 75% over that span.

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