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Washington Elementary School

Serves grades 1 - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
900 St. Marks Avenue
Westfield, NJ 07090
Phone
(908) 789-4600
District
Westfield Public School District
County
UNION COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
263
Classroom Teachers
22

* Washington Elementary School is one of the top 100 best public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 98.7% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Washington Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
79%
43%
75%
41%
82%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
96%
47%
95%
50%
97%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
87%
45%
90%
52%
83%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 1 61 23.2%
Grade 2 44 16.7%
Grade 3 64 24.3%
Grade 4 40 15.2%
Grade 5 54 20.5%
Total 263 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 78.5% 78.9% 40.1%
Black 0.4% 2.2% 15.1%
Hispanic 11.4% 7.9% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 9.8% 10.9% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 1.6% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 1.3% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 0.3% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 30,839 9,290,841
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,586.3 1,259
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.7% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.3% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.0% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 14.5% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,426 3,478,355
Single Parent Households With Children 4.9% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.6% 90.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 77.3% 42.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 62.2% 32.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.4% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.5% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 5.7% 12.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 2.8% 10.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.7% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 2.8% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,031 $78,081,000 57.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $3,009 $18,029,000 13.2%
Staff $787 $4,716,000 3.4%
General Administration $442 $2,647,000 1.9%
School Administration $957 $5,733,000 4.2%
Operation $1,325 $7,942,000 5.8%
Transportation $201 $1,204,000 0.9%
Other $652 $3,907,000 2.9%
Total Support $7,373 $44,178,000 32.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,443 $14,641,000 10.7%
Total Expenditures $22,847 $136,900,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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