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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6

Washington Elementary School, Kearny, NJ

Washington Elementary School is a public elementary school in Kearny, part of Kearny School District. It enrolled 557 students in 2024-25, with 10.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
557
Teachers (FTE)
55.0
Students per teacher
10.1
Grades
PK to 6

This school's ratio is 1.3 lower than the district figure of 11.4. The New Jersey average across schools is 11.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.1
District11.4
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
80 Belgrove Dr, Kearny, NJ 07032
Phone
(201)955-5100
District
Kearny School District
County
Hudson County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
340789002878
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
403
Reduced-price lunch
62
Free or reduced-price lunch
46583.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Kearny School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.