Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMS RIVER REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341623004746
Washington Street Elementary School
500 WEST EARL COURT, TOMS RIVER, NJ 08753 · (732) 505-5910 · Ocean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
150 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
43.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.4% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.7% | 49.7% |
% 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
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Street Elementary School
Washington Street Elementary School's state test result (40.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Street Elementary School this school | 354 | 42.4% | 40.4% |
| Montague Township School MONTAGUE | 329 | 43.8% | 45.5% |
| Pine Beach Elementary School PINE BEACH | 371 | 46.9% | 30.1% |
| West Dover Elementary School TOMS RIVER | 387 | 42.4% | 32.4% |
| Mullica Township Primary School ELWOOD | 371 | 47.4% | 34.4% |
| Osbornville Elementary School BRICK | 372 | 49.2% | 43.8% |
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 Street Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #744 of 1,290 | #21 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #646 of 1,319 ▼ 91 | #13 of 52 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #863 of 1,319 ▲ 24 | #27 of 52 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #882 of 1,562 | #45 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,275 of 1,390 | #55 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #789 of 1,392 | #25 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #702 of 1,481 | #35 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #274 of 798 | #12 of 30 |
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
354
+46 (+15%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 354 | 24.6 | 14.4:1 | 42% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 23.6 | 14.3:1 | 36% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 23.5 | 13.4:1 | 33% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 20 | 15.4:1 | 27% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 25.2 | 16.6:1 | 31% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 32% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 32% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 30 | 18.0:1 | 20% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 25 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Street Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (417 to 354); teachers down 2% (25.2 to 24.6).
About Washington Street Elementary School
Located in TOMS RIVER, New Jersey, Washington Street Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 354 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Besides Washington Street Elementary School, Toms River Regional School District runs 17 other schools. The district enrolls 14,323 students.
By race and ethnicity, Washington Street Elementary School is 65% White. It is also 26% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Ocean County is roughly 83% White. By the diversity index, Washington Street Elementary School comes in at 51%.
With 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Washington Street Elementary School was 14.4:1. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 42%. Across public schools in Ocean County, the average is about the same, 44%.
Washington Street Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 36% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 43.0% at Washington Street Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.4%.
Across Ocean County, median household income is about $89,863, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Ocean County number 117 and enroll about 66,051.
Cedar Grove Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Washington Street Elementary School is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Washington Street Elementary School went from 308 students to 354. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.4:1 in 2020-21, and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Toms River Regional School District
- Toms River High School NorthHigh · 1,861 students
- Toms River High School SouthHigh · 1,463 students
- Toms River High School EastHigh · 1,377 students
- Toms River Intermediate School EastMiddle · 1,271 students
- Toms River Intermediate School SouthMiddle · 1,044 students
- Toms River Intermediate School NorthMiddle · 970 students
Other schools in TOMS RIVER
- Toms River High School NorthHigh · 1,861 students
- Toms River High School SouthHigh · 1,463 students
- Toms River High School EastHigh · 1,377 students
- Toms River Intermediate School EastMiddle · 1,271 students
- Toms River Intermediate School NorthMiddle · 970 students
- Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 931 students
Other Washington Street Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Washington Street Elementary. Washington Street Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Washington Street Elementary SchoolOTSEGO, MI · 448 students
- Washington Street ElementaryRockingham, NC · 417 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Grove Elementary School0.9 mi · 931
- Toms River High School South1.3 mi · 1,463
- East Dover Elementary School1.4 mi · 584
- Pine Beach Elementary School1.4 mi · 371
- Island Heights Elementary School1.5 mi · 142
- Walnut Street Elementary School1.6 mi · 727
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Street Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Washington Street Elementary School?
Washington Street Elementary School enrolls approximately 354 students in grades KG-05.
Is Washington Street Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Washington Street Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Washington Street Elementary School have?
Washington Street Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Washington Street Elementary School?
At Washington Street Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 26% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Washington Street Elementary School public or private?
Washington Street Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Toms River Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.