Washington Elementary School

Washington Elementary School is a well-populated K-5 school in EDISON, New Jersey, overseen by Edison Township School District. The school hosts 630 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 56% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Edison Township School District runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 16,617 students. Washington Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Washington Elementary School records that 47% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 15% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 26% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Washington Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at Washington Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Washington Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.7%, the actual is 48.7%, a residual of +5.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Middlesex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $111,549 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Washington Elementary School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).

The closest other public school is Edison High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.5%.

Washington Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Elementary School has increased 5%, going from 602 students in 2018 to 630 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 24% to 15% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.