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102 Washington Avenue

Chatham, NJ 07928

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Washington Avenue School serves 432 students in grades PK-3.
The student:teacher ratio of 15:1 is higher than the NJ average of 12:1.
Minority enrollment is 15% of the student body (majority Asian), which is less than the state average of 52%.
Washington Avenue School operates within the The Of The Chathams School District.

School Overview

The student population of 432 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The teacher population of 29 teachers has grown by 20% over five years.

Grades Offered	Grades PK-3
Total Students	432 students

Gender %
Total Classroom Teachers	29 teachers

Students by Grade

School Comparison

The student:teacher ratio of 15:1 has decreased from 18:1 over five years.
The school's diversity scoreThe chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body. of 0.27 is less than the state average of 0.68. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(NJ) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	15:1	12:1

Asian	8%	10%

Hispanic	5%	25%

White	85%	48%

Hawaiian	n/a	n/a

Two or more races	2%	1%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.27	0.68

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	1%	31%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	n/a	5%

District Comparison

The Of The Chathams School District's student population of 4,111 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The revenue/student of $16,733 in this district is less than the state average of $21,422. The district revenue/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.
The district's spending/student of $16,428 is less than the state average of $21,053. The district spending/student has grown by 9% over four years.

School District Name	The Of The Chathams School District
Number of Schools Managed	6	2
Number of Students Managed	4,111	954

District Total Revenue	$69 MM	$20 MM

District Spending	$68 MM	$20 MM

District Revenue / Student	$16,733	$21,422

District Spending / Student	$16,428	$21,053

School Statewide Testing	View Education Department Test Scores

Source: 2015 (latest year available) NCES, NJ Dept. of Education

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