Washington Elementary School

Washington Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary-level community in BERGENFIELD, New Jersey, run under Bergenfield Borough School District. The school works with 253 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% smaller than the state mean of about 405.

Washington Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Bergenfield Borough School District, a district that instructs 3,600 students overall.

Demographically, Washington Elementary School shows that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 23% Asian, 9% White, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, Washington Elementary School logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

After controlling for student poverty, Washington Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 52.4%, a residual of +7.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bergen County put median household earnings sit near $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Washington Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Roy W. Brown Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Washington Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.9%.

Washington Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 294 students in 2018 compared to 253 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 49% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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