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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Washington Community School #9 this year?
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Enrollment
691
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAYONNE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340126002728
Washington Community School #9
191 AVENUE B, BAYONNE, NJ 07002 · (201) 858-5990 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest 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
11.5:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
423 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (67).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
47.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
31.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 31.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 26.7% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Community School #9
Washington Community School #9's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Community School #9 this school | 691 | 61.2% | 34.2% |
| Woodrow Wilson Community School BAYONNE | 740 | 67.4% | 36.2% |
| Henry E. Harris Community School BAYONNE | 657 | 62.9% | 33.8% |
| John M. Bailey Community School BAYONNE | 640 | 63.6% | 46.5% |
| Arthur Rann Elementary School GALLOWAY | 635 | 53.9% | 28.7% |
| Horace Mann Community School BAYONNE | 712 | 54.9% | 39.8% |
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 Washington Community School #9 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #877 of 1,290 | #47 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #943 of 1,319 ▲ 46 | #56 of 84 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #775 of 1,319 ▼ 18 | #39 of 84 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #124 of 1,562 | #23 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #749 of 1,390 | #46 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #115 of 1,392 | #17 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.2% | #445 of 1,481 | #62 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #504 of 545 | #21 of 24 |
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
691
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 384
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 691 | 60 | 11.5:1 | 61% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 59 | 11.5:1 | 62% (421) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 60 | 10.8:1 | 60% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 55 | 12.3:1 | 51% (346) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 52 | 13.2:1 | 58% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 46 | 14.8:1 | 63% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 62% (384) |
| 2000-01 | 556 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 35% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 384 | 15 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Community School #9.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (684 to 691); teachers up 15% (52 to 60).
About Washington Community School #9
Among the schools in BAYONNE, New Jersey, is Washington Community School #9, a large elementary school. Enrolled students number 691 students, in pre-K through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
Bayonne School District has a total of 13 schools and 10,325 students, Washington Community School #9 among them.
Washington Community School #9 has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 41%. Beyond that, enrollment is 30% Hispanic, 13% Black, 12% Asian, and 4% multiracial. In Hudson County overall, about 32% of residents are White. Washington Community School #9's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
Washington Community School #9's 60 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.5:1. That is close to the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 61%.
Washington Community School #9 is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 36% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 32.7%.
In Hudson County (population about 718,323), the median household income is $91,795, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 130 public schools in Hudson County, enrolling about 86,216 students in all.
Woodrow Wilson Community School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Washington Community School #9. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Washington Community School #9 is 5th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 677 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 691.
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Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bayonne School District
- Bayonne High SchoolHigh · 2,830 students
- William Shemin Midtown Community School #8Elementary · 1,203 students
- Walter F. Robinson Community SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Woodrow Wilson Community SchoolElementary · 740 students
- Horace Mann Community SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Henry E. Harris Community SchoolElementary · 657 students
Other schools in BAYONNE
- Bayonne High SchoolHigh · 2,830 students
- William Shemin Midtown Community School #8Elementary · 1,203 students
- Walter F. Robinson Community SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Woodrow Wilson Community SchoolElementary · 740 students
- Horace Mann Community SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Henry E. Harris Community SchoolElementary · 657 students
Nearby schools
- Woodrow Wilson Community School0.5 mi · 740
- Horace Mann Community School0.5 mi · 712
- Ezra L. Nolan School0.8 mi · 250
- Alexander D. Sullivan School0.9 mi · 638
- Walter F. Robinson Community School0.9 mi · 924
- Bayonne High School1.0 mi · 2,830
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Community School #9How large is Washington Community School #9?
Washington Community School #9 enrolls approximately 691 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Washington Community School #9 serve?
Washington Community School #9 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Washington Community School #9?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Washington Community School #9.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Washington Community School #9?
At Washington Community School #9, the student body is approximately 41% White, 30% Hispanic, 13% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Washington Community School #9 public or private?
Washington Community School #9 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bayonne School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.