Washington Street Elementary School

Washington Street Elementary School is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in TOMS RIVER, New Jersey, overseen by Toms River Regional School District, enrolling 354 students in grades K through 5.

Toms River Regional School District runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 14,323 students. Washington Street Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Washington Street Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 65%; the rest is composed of 26% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, Washington Street Elementary School reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Washington Street Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.0%; this one delivers 40.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ocean County indicate median household income runs about $89,863, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Washington Street Elementary School is one of 117 public schools in Ocean County (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students).

Cedar Grove Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington Street Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington Street Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Washington Street Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 354). The White share of enrollment declined from 80% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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