Washington School

Set in NUTLEY, New Jersey, Washington School is a medium-sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Nutley Public School District. It serves 534 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 32% bigger than typical.

Within Nutley Public School District, which oversees 7 schools and 4,299 students, Washington School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Washington School lists that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 36% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 30% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at Washington School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Washington School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.4%, the actual is 59.7%, a residual of +6.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Essex County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Washington School is one.

The closest other public school is Belleville PS5, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Washington School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

Washington School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington School has edged down 4%, going from 554 students in 2018 to 534 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 48% to 40% over that span.

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