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What's the biggest difference between Washington Avenue Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 444 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341320000194
Washington Avenue Elementary School
225 W WASHINGTON AVENUE, PLEASANTVILLE, NJ 08232 · (609) 383-6865 · Atlantic County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
381 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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 Pleasantville Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
17.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
19.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.7% | 19.6% |
| 2023-24 | 17.5% | 11.8% |
% 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
14.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Washington Avenue Elementary School
Washington Avenue Elementary School's state test result (14.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Avenue Elementary School this school | 432 | 88.2% | 14.9% |
| Gershom Mott Elementary School TRENTON | 375 | 87.5% | 17.4% |
| Franklin Elementary School TRENTON | 372 | 86.8% | 16.4% |
| Clinton Elementary School PLAINFIELD | 386 | 83.9% | 18.7% |
| Carroll Robbins Elementary School TRENTON | 459 | 85.2% | 12.8% |
| Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary School PLAINFIELD | 423 | 83.2% | 19.6% |
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 Washington Avenue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #1,201 of 1,290 | #33 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #1,155 of 1,319 ▲ 75 | #31 of 38 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #1,252 of 1,319 ▼ 15 | #35 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #598 of 1,562 | #25 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #805 of 1,390 | #31 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #1,236 of 1,392 | #38 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #78 of 1,481 | #9 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #728 of 798 | #25 of 27 |
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
432
+33 (+8%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 7.7:1
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 | 432 | 37 | 11.7:1 | 88% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 37.5 | 12.4:1 | 79% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 34 | 12.1:1 | 80% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 52 | 7.7:1 | 92% (366) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 39.3 | 11.2:1 | 97% (428) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 40 | 9.5:1 | 97% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 40 | 9.9:1 | 93% (369) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 39 | 11.1:1 | 67% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 29 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Avenue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (442 to 432); teachers down 6% (39.3 to 37).
About Washington Avenue Elementary School
Families in PLEASANTVILLE, New Jersey, are served by Washington Avenue Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 432 students in kindergarten through 5.
Federal data list 6 schools in Pleasantville Public School District, with 3,619 students enrolled.
Hispanic students account for 84% of the school's enrollment. It is also 13% Black. Atlantic County's residents are about 20% Hispanic, 63 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at Washington Avenue Elementary School are from different groups.
Washington Avenue Elementary School reported 37 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 11.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is similar, at 11.4:1. There are 381 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 88% of enrollment. Public schools in Atlantic County average 59%.
Washington Avenue Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Washington Avenue Elementary School would be expected to post about 17.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 14.9%.
The county, Atlantic County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $78,050, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 77, with about 41,964 students.
North Main Street Elementary School is the nearest public school to Washington Avenue Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 27.7% proficiency; Washington Avenue Elementary School posts 14.9%.
The NCES locale for Washington Avenue Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 8%, from 399 to 432. The number of students per teacher increased from 7.7 to 11.7 over 4 years.
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Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pleasantville Public School District
- Pleasantville High SchoolHigh · 997 students
- Pleasantville Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- Leeds Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- South Main Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
- North Main Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Other schools in PLEASANTVILLE
- Pleasantville High SchoolHigh · 997 students
- Pleasantville Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- Leeds Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- South Main Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
- North Main Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Nearby schools
- North Main Street Elementary School0.5 mi · 318
- South Main Street Elementary School0.5 mi · 455
- Pleasantville High School0.9 mi · 997
- Pleasantville Middle School1.0 mi · 847
- Leeds Avenue Elementary School1.4 mi · 570
- Principle Academy Charter School1.9 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Avenue Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Washington Avenue Elementary School?
Washington Avenue Elementary School enrolls approximately 432 students in grades KG-05.
Is Washington Avenue Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Washington Avenue Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Washington Avenue Elementary School have?
Washington Avenue Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Washington Avenue Elementary School?
Student demographics at Washington Avenue Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 84% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Washington Avenue Elementary School?
Washington Avenue Elementary School is overseen by Pleasantville Public School District in Atlantic County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.