Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341629003246
George Washington Elementary School
331 EMORY AVENUE, TRENTON, NJ 08611 · (609) 656-4960 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
257 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 27% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 25% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
4.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
13.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 5 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 4.6% | 13.2% |
| 2023-24 | 6.2% | 14.4% |
% 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
9.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 George Washington Elementary School
George Washington Elementary School's state test result (9.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington Elementary School this school | 321 | 80.1% | 9.6% |
| Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center No 50 ELIZABETH | 306 | 76.1% | N/A |
| Ironbound Academy Elementary School Newark | 325 | 80.9% | 18.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary School PLAINFIELD | 383 | 82.5% | 19.2% |
| Greater Brunswick Charter School NEW BRUNSWICK | 397 | 83.1% | 23.1% |
| School 8 PATERSON | 411 | 78.3% | 11.8% |
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 George Washington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.6% | #1,256 of 1,290 | #48 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #1,240 of 1,319 ▼ 48 | #48 of 56 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 4.6% | #1,315 of 1,319 ▼ 4 | #53 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #1,019 of 1,562 | #37 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,231 of 1,390 | #52 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #1,343 of 1,392 | #55 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #210 of 1,481 | #18 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #287 of 798 | #7 of 30 |
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
321
-77 (-19%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 253
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 321 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 80% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 34% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 22 | 13.1:1 | 65% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 66% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 375 | 23 | 16.3:1 | 93% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 313 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 93% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 300 | 22 | 13.6:1 | 83% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 314 | 26 | 12.1:1 | 67% (211) |
| 1990-91 | 253 | 17 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George Washington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (375 to 321); teachers unchanged (23 to 23).
About George Washington Elementary School
George Washington Elementary School is the name of a small elementary school in TRENTON, New Jersey. Enrolled students number 321 students, in kindergarten through 3. Enrollment is 21% lower than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
Enrollment across the 25 schools in Trenton Public School District totals 13,549 students.
George Washington Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 92% Hispanic. The school is also 5% Black. That is higher than the 23% Hispanic share among all Mercer County residents. By the diversity index, George Washington Elementary School comes in at 15%.
George Washington Elementary School operates with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.0:1. That ratio is over the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. George Washington Elementary School reports 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Mercer County is 32 points.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 22.3% at George Washington Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 9.6%.
In Mercer County (population about 385,864), median household income is about $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 110 public schools operate in Mercer County, serving about 58,647 students.
The nearest public school is Achievers Early College Prep Charter School, at about 0.1 miles. George Washington Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 15.0%, higher than George Washington Elementary School's 9.6%.
George Washington Elementary School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 398 to 321. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 16.6:1 to 14.0:1.
The George Washington Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Trenton Public School District
- Trenton Central High School - Main CampusHigh · 2,097 students
- Trenton Central High School-9th Grade AcademyHigh · 890 students
- Capital City High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Grace A Dunn Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Dr. Martin Luther King Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
Other schools in TRENTON
- Trenton Central High School - Main CampusHigh · 2,097 students
- Foundation Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,155 students
- Trenton Central High School-9th Grade AcademyHigh · 890 students
- Capital City High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Grace A Dunn Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 668 students
Other George Washington Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 11 states are named George Washington Elementary. George Washington Elementary School is the 15th largest of the 22.
- George Washington Elementary SchoolUNION CITY, NJ · 776 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolWYCKOFF, NJ · 378 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolNorth Arlington, NJ · 335 students
- George Washington ElementaryNorco, CA · 861 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolPark Ridge, IL · 588 students
Nearby schools
- Achievers Early College Prep Charter School0.1 mi · 543
- William Harrison Elementary School0.3 mi · 243
- Franklin Elementary School0.4 mi · 372
- International Charter School0.4 mi · 108
- Carroll Robbins Elementary School0.5 mi · 459
- Trenton Central High School - Main Campus0.6 mi · 2,097
Frequently asked questions
About George Washington Elementary SchoolHow many students attend George Washington Elementary School?
George Washington Elementary School enrolls approximately 321 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does George Washington Elementary School serve?
George Washington Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at George Washington Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at George Washington Elementary School.
How diverse is George Washington Elementary School?
George Washington Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 92% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is George Washington Elementary School in?
George Washington Elementary School is part of Trenton Public School District.
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