Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340183002004
Watsessing Elementary School
71 Prospect Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 · (973) 680-8570 · Essex County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% 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.
- B-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
10.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
176 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 19% smaller than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
41.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
39.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.1% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.8% | 39.2% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Watsessing Elementary School
Watsessing Elementary School's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watsessing Elementary School this school | 333 | 52.9% | 38.6% |
| James Russell Lowell Elementary School TEANECK | 320 | 55.3% | 50.8% |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School TEANECK | 334 | 53.6% | 52.5% |
| John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School TEANECK | 361 | 49.9% | 43.4% |
| Madison Elementary School RAHWAY | 384 | 49.2% | 31.1% |
| Number 9 Linden | 311 | 60.5% | 38.9% |
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 Watsessing Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #786 of 1,290 | #67 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #805 of 1,319 ▼ 47 | #63 of 141 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #905 of 1,319 ▼ 72 | #87 of 141 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #971 of 1,562 | #115 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #547 of 1,390 | #23 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #220 of 1,392 | #12 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #555 of 1,481 | #82 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #443 of 545 | #48 of 61 |
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
333
+57 (+21%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 268
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 333 | 31 | 10.7:1 | 53% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 31 | 10.7:1 | 44% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 32 | 9.5:1 | 35% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 32 | 8.6:1 | 50% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 34 | 9.5:1 | 56% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 302 | 28 | 10.8:1 | 68% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 296 | 15 | 19.7:1 | 48% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 45% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 268 | 16 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Watsessing Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (323 to 333); teachers down 9% (34 to 31).
About Watsessing Elementary School
Students in Bloomfield, New Jersey, attend Watsessing Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. A total of 333 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 6.
Bloomfield Township School District serves 6,400 students across 11 schools.
At Watsessing Elementary School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 46%. The next largest groups are 28% Black, 17% White, and 7% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 20 points above the 25% share among Essex County residents. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Watsessing Elementary School employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.7:1. This ratio sits 0.7 below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 53%. For comparison, public schools in Essex County average 54%.
The allk12 Grade for Watsessing Elementary School is C+. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 41% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Watsessing Elementary School, the prediction is 37.2% and the result is 38.6%.
Within Essex County, the median household income is $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Essex County has 249 public schools and roughly 145,473 students.
The school nearest to Watsessing Elementary School is Whitney E. Houston Academy, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 29.5%; Watsessing Elementary School's is 38.6%, ranking 3rd of 7.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Watsessing Elementary School's enrollment climbed 21%, to 333. By 2024-25, the school had 10.7 students per teacher, compared with 8.6 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Watsessing Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bloomfield Township School District
- Bloomfield High SchoolHigh · 2,055 students
- Bloomfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 944 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Demarest Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Berkeley Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
Other schools in Bloomfield
- Bloomfield High SchoolHigh · 2,055 students
- Bloomfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 944 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Demarest Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Berkeley Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
Nearby schools
- Whitney E. Houston Academy0.5 mi · 385
- Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Academy0.5 mi · 129
- Berkeley Elementary School0.6 mi · 453
- Linden Avenue School0.6 mi · 153
- East Orange STEM Academy High School0.6 mi · 646
- Wahlstrom Early Childhood Academy0.7 mi · 157
Frequently asked questions
About Watsessing Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Watsessing Elementary School?
Watsessing Elementary School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Watsessing Elementary School serve?
Watsessing Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Watsessing Elementary School?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at Watsessing Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Watsessing Elementary School?
At Watsessing Elementary School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 46% Hispanic, 28% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Watsessing Elementary School public or private?
Watsessing Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bloomfield Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.