George Washington Elementary School

Set in UNION CITY, New Jersey, George Washington Elementary School is a sprawling elementary school, run under Union City School District. It works with 776 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 92% bigger than the state mean of about 405.

Union City School District comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 11,519 students; George Washington Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, George Washington Elementary School reports that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, George Washington Elementary School lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Hudson County's rate of about 68%.

After controlling for student poverty, George Washington Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.3%; this one delivers 32.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Hudson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), George Washington Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Union Hill Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts George Washington Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. George Washington Elementary School's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 807 (now 776).

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