Enrollment
280
Elementary
DISTRICT 280 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341701005884
Washington Memorial Elementary School
300 WEST STEWART STREET, WASHINGTON, NJ 07882 · (908) 689-0241 · Warren County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% 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.
- C-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
9.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
140 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 64 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 25% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Washington Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
QUIET COMMUNITY
Be the first to start a discussion at Washington Memorial Elementary School.
START A DISCUSSIONTest scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +15.7pp since 2023
Math
31.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 31.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.3% | 26.2% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Memorial Elementary School
Washington Memorial Elementary School's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Memorial Elementary School this school | 280 | 50.0% | 32.2% |
| Woodmere EATONTOWN | 235 | 50.2% | 48.9% |
| Taylor Street Elementary School WASHINGTON | 280 | 44.3% | N/A |
| Central Park Elementary School PENNSVILLE | 275 | 48.0% | 32.4% |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School West Berlin | 357 | 47.9% | 29.4% |
| Ventnor Elementary School VENTNOR | 318 | 45.6% | 60.9% |
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 Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Warren County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #919 of 1,290 | #19 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #947 of 1,319 ▲ 50 | #19 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #713 of 1,319 ▲ 277 | #10 of 21 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #1,192 of 1,562 | #12 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #141 of 1,390 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #400 of 1,392 | #6 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #580 of 1,481 | #4 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #708 of 798 | #9 of 11 |
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
280
-36 (-11%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 299
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 280 | 31 | 9.0:1 | 50% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 29.1 | 11.9:1 | 44% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 30.1 | 11.2:1 | 42% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 34% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 24.9 | 11.6:1 | 35% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 312 | 29 | 10.8:1 | 38% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 298 | 16 | 18.6:1 | 34% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 27% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 299 | 17 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (288 to 280); teachers up 25% (24.9 to 31).
About Washington Memorial Elementary School
Washington Memorial Elementary School is a small elementary school in Washington Borough School District, located in WASHINGTON, New Jersey. The school serves 280 students in grades 3 through 6 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 31% smaller than that.
Washington Borough School District has 2 schools; together they serve 560 students.
White students account for 53% of enrollment at Washington Memorial Elementary School. Smaller groups are 28% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Warren County is roughly 77% White. Washington Memorial Elementary School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Washington Memorial Elementary School operates with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. About 50% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 36% average for public schools in Warren County is 14 points.
allk12 grades Washington Memorial Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Washington Memorial Elementary School is 38.8%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Warren County show that median household income is about $100,869, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 41 public schools in Warren County, with a combined enrollment of about 15,462.
The school nearest to Washington Memorial Elementary School is Warren Hills Regional Middle School, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Washington Memorial Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 316 in 2020-21 and 280 in 2024-25, a decrease of 36 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2020-21 to 9.0:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Washington Memorial Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,849
Census ACS
Median income
$100,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
15,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington Borough School District
- Taylor Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 280 students
Other schools in WASHINGTON
- Warren Hills Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,050 students
- Warren Hills Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 477 students
- Warren County Vocational Technical SchoolHigh · 413 students
- Taylor Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 280 students
- Brass Castle SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Franklin Township SchoolElementary · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Warren Hills Regional Middle School0.4 mi · 477
- Taylor Street Elementary School0.7 mi · 280
- Brass Castle School0.8 mi · 261
- Warren Hills Regional High School1.2 mi · 1,050
- Port Colden School2.0 mi · 170
- Warren County Vocational Technical School2.0 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Memorial Elementary SchoolHow large is Washington Memorial Elementary School?
Washington Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 280 students in grades 03-06.
What grades does Washington Memorial Elementary School serve?
Washington Memorial Elementary School serves grades 03-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Washington Memorial Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Washington Memorial Elementary School is approximately 9.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Washington Memorial Elementary School?
Student demographics at Washington Memorial Elementary School are roughly 53% White, 28% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Washington Memorial Elementary School in?
Washington Memorial Elementary School is part of Washington Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.