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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Washington Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
630
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDISON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340450003364
Washington Elementary School
153 WINTHROP ROAD, EDISON, NJ 08817 · (732) 650-5280 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL630 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
259 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 120 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
57.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
54.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 54.9% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 47.7% |
% 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
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Elementary School
Washington Elementary School's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary School this school | 630 | 41.1% | 48.7% |
| Jotham W. Wakeman School JERSEY CITY | 617 | 45.2% | 65.0% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School EDISON | 619 | 48.1% | 40.8% |
| Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner Piscataway | 616 | 36.2% | N/A |
| Roosevelt Elementary School SOUTH PLAINFIELD | 472 | 35.6% | 48.1% |
| James Monroe Elementary School Edison | 537 | 34.6% | 51.2% |
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 Washington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #553 of 1,290 | #54 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #496 of 1,319 ▲ 93 | #49 of 111 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #538 of 1,319 ▲ 80 | #43 of 111 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 630 | #180 of 1,562 | #18 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #1,103 of 1,390 | #94 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #213 of 1,392 | #47 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #708 of 1,481 | #59 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #388 of 545 | #22 of 30 |
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
630
+50 (+9%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 630 | 48.2 | 13.1:1 | 41% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 48.4 | 12.1:1 | 30% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 572 | 45.4 | 12.6:1 | 24% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 46 | 12.6:1 | 15% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 44.3 | 13.6:1 | 28% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 49 | 11.6:1 | 24% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 22% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 34 | 17.0:1 | 13% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 26 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (602 to 630); teachers up 9% (44.3 to 48.2).
About Washington Elementary School
Washington Elementary School, a large elementary school, is located in EDISON, New Jersey. The school enrolls 630 students in kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 405.
A total of 19 schools make up Edison Township School District, with 16,617 students enrolled.
About 47% of students at Washington Elementary School are Asian, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 15% White, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Middlesex County, the Asian share is about 26%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
Washington Elementary School has 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. The school's 13.1:1 compares with an average of 11.4:1 for elementary schools in New Jersey. The school has 41% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 42% average for public schools in Middlesex County.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Washington Elementary School outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Washington Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.7%; the prediction is 43.7%.
In Middlesex County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $111,549 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 214 public schools in the county, enrolling about 129,255, Washington Elementary School among them.
The closest school to Washington Elementary School is Edison High School, located about 0.3 miles away. Washington Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Washington Elementary School at 4th of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 50 students, from 580 to 630.
On allk12, people connected to Washington Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edison Township School District
- John P. Stevens High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,206 students
- Herbert Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 954 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 946 students
Other schools in EDISON
- John P. Stevens High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,206 students
- Herbert Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 954 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 946 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 156.
- Washington ElementaryUNION, NJ · 578 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 557 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolLITTLE FERRY, NJ · 469 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolW ORANGE, NJ · 414 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolWEST CALDWELL, NJ · 409 students
Nearby schools
- Edison High School0.3 mi · 2,393
- Edison Early Learning Center0.5 mi · 52
- Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 946
- Thomas Jefferson Middle School0.8 mi · 954
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary School1.0 mi · 619
- Lindeneau Elementary School1.1 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Washington Elementary School?
Washington Elementary School enrolls approximately 630 students in grades KG-05.
Is Washington Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Washington Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Washington Elementary School have?
Washington Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Washington Elementary School?
At Washington Elementary School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 27% Hispanic, 8% Black, 47% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Washington Elementary School in?
Washington Elementary School is part of Edison Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.