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Enrollment
466
Middle
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340687002742
Washington Middle School
One North Fifth Street, HARRISON, NJ 07029 · (973) 483-2285 · Hudson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
396 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 143 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 163 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 160 | 34% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Washington Middle School→Harrison High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Harrison Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
25.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 25.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 17.3% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Middle School
Washington Middle School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Middle School this school | 466 | 85.0% | 33.0% |
| Freehold Intermediate School FREEHOLD | 498 | 80.5% | 28.5% |
| Smalley Elementary School Bound Brook | 424 | 81.6% | 21.9% |
| Red Bank Middle School RED BANK | 600 | 83.3% | 35.4% |
| Lakewood Middle School LAKEWOOD | 574 | 93.0% | 25.4% |
| Community Middle School Bound Brook | 291 | 85.2% | 27.0% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #316 of 433 | #8 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #337 of 437 ▲ 37 | #8 of 12 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #310 of 437 ▼ 6 | #8 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #278 of 445 | #8 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #367 of 417 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #378 of 419 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.0% | #16 of 436 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #99 of 122 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
466
+30 (+7%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 466 | 36.8 | 12.7:1 | 85% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 35.6 | 13.5:1 | 84% (405) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 36.6 | 13.5:1 | 81% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 36 | 12.1:1 | 83% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 35.7 | 12.8:1 | 81% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 36 | 12.9:1 | 85% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 31 | 13.5:1 | 83% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 33% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 460 | 27 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (456 to 466); teachers up 3% (35.7 to 36.8).
About Washington Middle School
Washington Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school found in HARRISON, New Jersey. It serves 466 students in grades 6 through 8.
Washington Middle School is in Harrison Public Schools, a district with 2,192 students across 5 schools.
Hispanic students make up 83% of enrollment at Washington Middle School. Next come 10% White and 5% Asian. That compares with about 41% Hispanic among all Hudson County residents. The school's diversity index is 30%, meaning two students picked at random have a 30% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Washington Middle School was 12.7:1. On average, middle schools in New Jersey have 10.9:1, compared with 12.7:1 here. Washington Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 85%. For comparison, public schools in Hudson County average 68%.
allk12 grades Washington Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In New Jersey, Washington Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 33.0% actual against a predicted 19.6%.
Among Hudson County residents, the median household income is $91,795, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Washington Middle School is one of 130 public schools in the county.
Kennedy Elementary School is the public school closest to Washington Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Washington Middle School places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Washington Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, Washington Middle School's enrollment grew 7%, to 466.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Washington Middle School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Harrison Public Schools
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
- Hamilton Intermediate SchoolElementary · 295 students
Other schools in HARRISON
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
- Hamilton Intermediate SchoolElementary · 295 students
Other Washington Middle schools
30 other US public schools in 17 states are named Washington Middle. Washington Middle School is the 20th largest of the 31.
- Washington MiddleSalinas, CA · 1,082 students
- Washington MiddleLong Beach, CA · 849 students
- Washington Middle SchoolYakima, WA · 748 students
- Washington Middle SchoolOLYMPIA, WA · 702 students
- Washington Middle SchoolAurora, IL · 690 students
Nearby schools
- Kennedy Elementary School0.1 mi · 330
- Lincoln Elementary School0.2 mi · 306
- Hamilton Intermediate School0.3 mi · 295
- East Newark Elementary School0.3 mi · 176
- Harrison High School0.4 mi · 795
- Washington Elementary School0.6 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Washington Middle School?
Washington Middle School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Washington Middle School serve?
Washington Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Washington Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Washington Middle School is approximately 12.7:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Washington Middle School?
At Washington Middle School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 83% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Washington Middle School?
Washington Middle School is overseen by Harrison Public Schools in Hudson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.