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Washington Community School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

427 Darrow Ave

Plainfield NJ, 07060, Union County

Phone: 908-731-4230

Ranking:

(1,787 out of 1,847, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Plainfield City School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	48		45		38		39		38		41		35
Total Students:	602		535		585		565		530		472		481
Prekindergarten:	20	3.3%	16	3.0%	40	6.8%	48	8.5%	41	7.7%	25	5.3%	27	5.6%
Kindergarten:	111	18.4%	106	19.8%	105	17.9%	86	15.2%	86	16.2%	76	16.1%	76	15.8%
Grade 1:	105	17.4%	112	20.9%	85	14.5%	86	15.2%	76	14.3%	70	14.8%	65	13.5%
Grade 2:	117	19.4%	75	14.0%	82	14.0%	70	12.4%	67	12.6%	74	15.7%	81	16.8%
Grade 3:	76	12.6%	82	15.3%	56	9.6%	65	11.5%	72	13.6%	69	14.6%	72	15.0%
Grade 4:	77	12.8%	51	9.5%	61	10.4%	66	11.7%	64	12.1%	72	15.3%	73	15.2%
Grade 5:	60	10.0%	50	9.3%	72	12.3%	59	10.4%	63	11.9%	69	14.6%	64	13.3%
Ungraded:	36	6.0%	43	8.0%	29	5.0%	34	6.0%	16	3.0%	17	3.6%	23	4.8%
Student By Gender:
Male:	320	53.2%	285	53.3%	295	50.4%	287	50.8%	260	49.1%	231	48.9%	229	47.6%
Female:	282	46.8%	250	46.7%	290	49.6%	278	49.2%	270	50.9%	241	51.1%	248	51.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	3	0.5%	3	0.6%	2	0.3%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	431	71.6%	385	72.0%	399	68.2%	370	65.5%	334	63.0%	276	58.5%	275	57.2%
Black:	160	26.6%	142	26.5%	179	30.6%	189	33.5%	186	35.1%	192	40.7%	203	42.2%
White:	6	1.0%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	3	0.5%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	5	0.9%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	537	89.2%	440	82.2%	423	72.3%	432	76.5%	392	74.0%	370	78.4%	371	77.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	37	6.1%	41	7.7%	45	7.7%	40	7.1%	50	9.4%	42	8.9%	47	9.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.54		11.89		15.57		14.49		13.95		10.00		13.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2004	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	43.5%	64.5%	79.4%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	58.9%	66.6%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	53.3%	61.3%	82.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	47.6%	59.1%	83.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	53.6%	62.9%	86.1%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	37.3%	36.5%	62.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	22.2%	27.8%	59.8%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	32.3%	35.9%	63.0%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	19.2%	38.2%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	37.0%	42.5%	66.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	11.4%	44.1%	76.6%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	22.4%	52.1%	82.5%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	40%	60.6%	86.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	48.8%	64.0%	87.3%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	67.2%	65.3%	86.8%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	52.2%	50.3%	75.4%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	43.0%	44.9%	78.3%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	44.6%	47.0%	78.9%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	28.9%	51.9%	78.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	54.3%	58.7%	77.7%
2003	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	48%	57.1%	77.6%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	50%	63.2%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	47.8%	59.4%	81.6%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	29.2%	50.9%	80.0%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	41.4%	55.2%	80.6%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	47%	60.2%	82.7%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	20%	29.2%	63.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	25.8%	31.7%	59.7%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	22.2%	29.3%	62.7%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	21.7%	32.9%	58.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	23.2%	32.9%	59.4%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	12%	29.2%	68.0%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	34.6%	46.7%	72.1%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	29.2%	52.0%	80.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	27.5%	57.6%	82.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	50.0%	63.1%	84.7%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	53.6%	63.3%	84.9%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	22.8%	45.7%	73.1%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	47.0%	55.2%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	44.4%	51.9%	79.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	48.4%	55.1%	77.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	46.4%	57.1%	78.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	24.3%	47.6%	81.1%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	31.9%	49.9%	82.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	39.2%	51.1%	83.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	42.8%	53.4%	85.1%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	60.0%	72.3%	91.1%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	77.3%	83.6%	93.5%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	80.6%	74.7%	90.0%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	81.7%	78.7%	91.3%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	80.4%	78.5%	89.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	74.6%	75.1%	88.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	19.7%	33.5%	60.0%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	27.3%	37.5%	66.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	23.4%	35.8%	63.3%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	20.3%	31.8%	60.9%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	21.7%	28.9%	62.1%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	24.1%	35.9%	61.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	69.2%	71.7%	84.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	53.5%	51.8%	76.6%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	55.9%	56.6%	77.6%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	43.1%	53.9%	79.0%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	42.0%	54.7%	80.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	56.7%	61.1%	83.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	79.6%	60.4%	79.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	26.4%	31.1%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	22.8%	41.5%	66.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	56.6%	46.9%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	50.9%	55.5%	77.4%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Washington Community School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.