Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTWOOD REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341782000914
Jessie F. George Elementary
1 PALM STREET, TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, NJ 07676 · (201) 664-3033 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
9.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
11 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Westwood Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
84.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +10.2pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.4% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.2% | 80.6% |
% 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
71.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Jessie F. George Elementary
Jessie F. George Elementary's state test result (71.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie F. George Elementary this school | 282 | 3.9% | 71.6% |
| Hilltop School MENDHAM | 289 | 3.8% | 80.3% |
| Manito Elementary School OAKLAND | 255 | 4.3% | 73.7% |
| High Mountain Road School Franklin Lakes | 301 | 2.7% | 71.3% |
| Adlai E. Stevenson School FAIRFIELD | 312 | 4.5% | N/A |
| Torey J. Sabatini School MADISON | 281 | 3.2% | 81.2% |
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 Jessie F. George Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #135 of 1,290 | #42 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #66 of 1,319 ▼ 13 | #19 of 149 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #48 of 1,319 ▲ 129 | #13 of 149 ▲ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #1,184 of 1,562 | #126 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #265 of 1,390 | #24 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #1,087 of 1,392 | #139 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.9% | #1,367 of 1,481 | #122 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.3% | #275 of 545 | #29 of 64 |
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
282
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 195
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 282 | 29.2 | 9.7:1 | 4% (11) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 29.2 | 9.7:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 22 | 12.5:1 | 7% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 25 | 11.0:1 | 4% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 258 | 23 | 11.2:1 | 5% (12) |
| 2015-16 | 247 | 21 | 11.8:1 | 5% (12) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 17 | 20.8:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 16 | 16.0:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 195 | 12 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jessie F. George Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (258 to 282); teachers up 27% (23 to 29.2).
About Jessie F. George Elementary
Jessie F. George Elementary is a small elementary school with an address in TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, New Jersey. It enrolls 282 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. The school is 30% below the average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Jessie F. George Elementary falls under Westwood Regional School District, which has 6 schools enrolling 2,764 students.
More than half of the students at Jessie F. George Elementary are White (77%). The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. In Bergen County overall, about 55% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Jessie F. George Elementary scores 38%.
The school's 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Income data for the school show 4% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 28% for public schools in Bergen County.
Jessie F. George Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 84% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Jessie F. George Elementary is 7.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
In Bergen County, median household income comes to about $124,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Bergen County counts 291 public schools with about 133,883 students.
Of the public schools around it, Jessie F. George Elementary is closest to Washington Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Jessie F. George Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 71.6% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Jessie F. George Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 3% across 4 years, from 274 in 2020-21 to 282 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 11.0:1 in 2020-21 to 9.7:1 in 2024-25.
Jessie F. George Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westwood Regional School District
- Westwood Regional High SchoolHigh · 830 students
- Westwood Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Brookside Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- Berkeley ElementaryElementary · 277 students
Other schools in TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON
- Westwood Regional High SchoolHigh · 830 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary School0.7 mi · 329
- Westwood Regional Middle School0.9 mi · 656
- Brookside Elementary School0.9 mi · 390
- Westwood Regional High School0.9 mi · 830
- George G White1.1 mi · 490
- Memorial School1.2 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Jessie F. George ElementaryHow many students attend Jessie F. George Elementary?
Jessie F. George Elementary enrolls approximately 282 students in grades KG-05.
Is Jessie F. George Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jessie F. George Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Jessie F. George Elementary?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at Jessie F. George Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Jessie F. George Elementary?
Student demographics at Jessie F. George Elementary are roughly 77% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Jessie F. George Elementary in?
Jessie F. George Elementary is part of Westwood Regional School District.
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