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Washington School

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Washington School ranks 383 rd of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-6

383^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 72% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Washington School is an elementary school located in Nutley, New Jersey, serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 540 students. The school consistently performs above the state and Nutley Public School District averages in academic assessments, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics.

Washington School's academic performance is impressive, with 6th-grade students achieving a 91% proficiency rate in the NJSLA English Language Arts assessment, significantly higher than the district (86.1%) and the state of New Jersey (56.1%). The school also excels in supporting specific student groups, such as English Language Learners and students with Special Education needs, ranking among the top schools in the state for these populations. Additionally, Washington School's low-socioeconomic status students perform exceptionally well, ranking 112th out of 1,023 New Jersey elementary schools.

When compared to nearby schools in the Nutley Public School District, such as Yantacaw School and Lincoln School, Washington School generally outperforms its counterparts in both academic achievement and student group performance. The school's consistent improvement in rankings over the past several years suggests that it is implementing effective educational practices and strategies to support student learning.

534

Students ?

13.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,365

Per pupil spending ?

23.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

155 Washington Ave
Nutley, NJ 07110-3501

(973) 661-8887

District: Nutley Public School District

Students who attend Washington School usually attend:

Middle:	John H. Walker Middle School
High:	Nutley High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

39.7%

Hispanic:

35.8%

Asian:

16.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 79th percentile in 2022 → 72nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Jersey average (61% vs 46% meeting standards)

✓Above the New Jersey median (72nd percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped from its 79th-percentile peak (2022) to 72nd (2025)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school61%

District avg61%

New Jersey avg46%

383^rd of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Top 28%▲ up 16 pts since 2015

From top 45% (2015) to top 28% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 5Elementary Schools in the Nutley Public School District

177^th of 609Nutley Public School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	72.7	383 of 1347	71.6%	★★★★☆
2024	75.0	356 of 1338	73.4%	★★★★☆
2023	77.6	306 of 1342	77.2%	★★★★☆
2022	80.0	287 of 1345	78.7%	★★★★☆
2021	75.8	285 of 1317	78.4%	★★★★☆
2019	73.0	403 of 1360	70.4%	★★★★☆
2018	74.0	386 of 1353	71.5%	★★★★☆
2017	65.8	522 of 1352	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2016	68.2	463 of 1346	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2015	57.2	605 of 1357	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2014	64.3	589 of 1363	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2013	69.8	495 of 1367	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2012	79.8	222 of 1363	83.7%	★★★★☆
2011	66.7	564 of 1360	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2010	70.8	438 of 1354	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2009	70.5	456 of 1346	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2008	80.3	157 of 1338	88.3%	★★★★☆
2007	74.6	311 of 1329	76.6%	★★★★☆
2006	76.1	304 of 1314	76.9%	★★★★☆
2005	70.7	443 of 1303	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2004	72.8	378 of 1298	70.9%	★★★★☆
2003	69.8	447 of 1204	62.9%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	61.1	138 of 330	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.9	216 of 340	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.8	219 of 346	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	50.0	177 of 339	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.0	222 of 370	40.0%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	98.2	16 of 597	97.3%	★★★★★
2024	80.4	77 of 559	86.2%	★★★★☆
2023	68.7	109 of 499	78.2%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	76.2	321 of 1326	75.8%	★★★★☆
2024	74.9	338 of 1317	74.3%	★★★★☆
2023	75.4	327 of 1318	75.2%	★★★★☆
2022	78.5	291 of 1326	78.1%	★★★★☆
2021	76.0	253 of 1290	80.4%	★★★★☆
2019	77.7	286 of 1331	78.5%	★★★★☆
2018	72.0	393 of 1333	70.5%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	75.9	195 of 1032	81.1%	★★★★☆
2024	89.6	74 of 989	92.5%	★★★★★
2023	80.5	142 of 982	85.5%	★★★★☆
2022	84.2	112 of 953	88.2%	★★★★☆
2021	86.1	74 of 896	91.7%	★★★★★
2019	83.3	101 of 899	88.8%	★★★★☆
2018	82.2	108 of 870	87.6%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	82.1	112 of 1023	89.1%	★★★★☆
2024	86.3	72 of 939	92.3%	★★★★★
2023	93.4	36 of 910	96.0%	★★★★★
2022	86.5	69 of 863	92.0%	★★★★★
2021	89.5	29 of 839	96.5%	★★★★★
2019	88.4	58 of 948	93.9%	★★★★★
2018	79.7	124 of 942	86.8%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	67.6	434 of 1318	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	73.7	347 of 1313	73.6%	★★★★☆
2023	77.8	284 of 1315	78.4%	★★★★☆
2022	80.4	256 of 1324	80.7%	★★★★☆
2021	72.7	299 of 1297	76.9%	★★★★☆
2019	65.7	481 of 1335	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	73.6	366 of 1334	72.6%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	76.9	180 of 1023	82.4%	★★★★☆
2024	88.9	67 of 989	93.2%	★★★★★
2023	93.9	38 of 958	96.0%	★★★★★
2022	83.4	104 of 949	89.0%	★★★★☆
2021	61.9	235 of 868	72.9%	★★★★☆
2019	74.8	189 of 1007	81.2%	★★★★☆
2018	89.9	78 of 1001	92.2%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	58.1	421 of 970	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.9	417 of 963	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	74.6	209 of 975	78.6%	★★★★☆
2022	72.9	243 of 976	75.1%	★★★★☆
2021	67.8	244 of 964	74.7%	★★★★☆
2019	53.6	487 of 1023	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.1	381 of 1022	62.7%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)97th percentile+26 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)89th percentile+17 vs school

Special Education (2025)82nd percentile+11 vs school

Hispanic (2025)81st percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)76th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)67th percentile-4 vs school

Asian (2025)58th percentile-13 vs school

White (2025)57th percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts69%+17 vs state

Mathematics59%+14 vs state

Science33%+3 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)				NJSLA Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Washington School	Public	PK, KG-6	155 Washington Ave	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 661-8887	534	39	13.5	23.4%	212 (39.7%)	16 (3.0%)	191 (35.8%)	88 (16.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.5%)	72.7	383^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	71.6%		75	356^th of 1338 public elementary schools	73.4%	27	32.9	49.3	67.8	67.5	91.0	64.4	56.3	56.3	61.5	$11,365	$259	$11,106
Belleville PS5	Public	PK, KG-6	149 Adelaide St	Belleville	07109	Essex County	Belleville Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 969-4399	362	28	12.9	64.9%	32 (8.8%)	20 (5.5%)	281 (77.6%)	15 (4.1%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.0%)	46.4	721^st of 1347 public elementary schools	46.5%		37.5	831^st of 1338 public elementary schools	37.9%	110	15.5	56.5	65.9	62.8	54.8	48.0	46.6	29.5	19.4
Roosevelt School	Public	3-5	530 Stuyvesant Ave	Lyndhurst	07071	Bergen County	Lyndhurst Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 896-2068	295	22	13.7	34.6%	141 (47.8%)	5 (1.7%)	125 (42.4%)	10 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.7%)	52.9	641^st of 1347 public elementary schools	52.4%		49	683^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	49.0%	42	25.8	44.1	66.2	59.2		50.0	48.1	44.1		$6,715	$71	$6,644
Franklin School	Public	K-2	360 Stuyvesant Ave	Lyndhurst	07071	Bergen County	Lyndhurst Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 896-2077	196	14	14.0	39.8%	79 (40.3%)	3 (1.5%)	97 (49.5%)	12 (6.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)								(n/a)										$6,440	$662	$5,778
Yantacaw School	Public	PK, KG-6	20 Yantacaw Place	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 661-8891	512	34	14.9	7.2%	244 (47.7%)	10 (2.0%)	105 (20.5%)	131 (25.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.9%)	80.5	282^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	79.1%		81.5	261^st of 1338 public elementary schools	80.5%	21	57.6	52.4	74.3	78.9	90.8	51.7	60.6	79.0	73.7	$11,239	$133	$11,106
Belleville PS9	Public	K-6	301 Ralph St	Belleville	07109	Essex County	Belleville Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 969-4337	138	8	17.2	76.8%	8 (5.8%)	5 (3.6%)	114 (82.6%)	8 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	57.6	575^th of 1347 public elementary schools	57.3%		63.8	492^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	63.2%	83	20.0	50.0	74.1	65.0	85.7	50.0	29.6	40.0	50.0
Belleville PS7	Public	PK, KG-6	20 Passaic Ave	Belleville	07109	Essex County	Belleville Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 969-4338	425	33	12.8	58.6%	61 (14.4%)	27 (6.4%)	287 (67.5%)	39 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.4%)	30.3	950^th of 1347 public elementary schools	29.5%		21.2	1056^th of 1338 public elementary schools	21.1%	106	20.5	29.5	50.0	42.2	55.5	33.3	30.9	28.8	16.4
Memorial School	Public	PK, KG-2	319 New York Avenue	Lyndhurst	07071	Bergen County	Lyndhurst Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 438-6390	94	5	17.6	26.6%	41 (43.6%)	4 (4.3%)	42 (44.7%)	2 (2.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.3%)								(n/a)										$6,528	$138	$6,390
Belleville PS3	Public	K-6	230 Joralemon St	Belleville	07109	Essex County	Belleville Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 969-4341	334	28	11.9	67.7%	20 (6.0%)	21 (6.3%)	272 (81.4%)	12 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (2.1%)	45.5	735^th of 1347 public elementary schools	45.4%		40	798^th of 1338 public elementary schools	40.4%	63	26.3	34.9	55.8	57.1	62.5	25.0	44.1	47.3	35.1
Lincoln School	Public	K-6	301 Harrison St	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 661-8882	446	36	12.5	26.7%	178 (39.9%)	19 (4.3%)	187 (41.9%)	44 (9.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.8%)	50.8	670^th of 1347 public elementary schools	50.3%		58.4	563^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	57.9%	107	35.4	28.2	50.8	64.1	86.0	36.1	40.7	45.3	48.0	$11,383	$288	$11,095

Frequently Asked Questions about Washington School

What schools do graduates of Washington School attend?

Students who attend Washington School usually go on to attend:

Middle : John H. Walker Middle School
High : Nutley High School

Is Washington School a good school?

Washington School ranks 383^rd of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Washington School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 534 students attended Washington School.

What district is Washington School in?

Nutley Public School District

What is the racial makeup of Washington School?

Students at Washington School are 40% White, 36% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American.

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