moving to summit nj, washington vs brayton elementary district (2013, houses)

[summitjunkie]

is there any difference? if yes, in what sense/perspective?

we have 2 school going children and wanted to know if we pick one neighborhood against the other - what are the pros and cons.

thanks for your help in advance.

[KoalaNJ]

Originally Posted by summitjunkie

is there any difference? if yes, in what sense/perspective?

we have 2 school going children and wanted to know if we pick one neighborhood against the other - what are the pros and cons.

thanks for your help in advance.

Both schools are excellent, about the only difference is that Brayton is slightly larger than Washington (360 kids in Brayton vs 317 in Washington.) Last time I looked the classroom size (number of kids in each class) was about the same in both schools. Here is a link to the district's classroom size policy http://www.summit.k12.nj.us/District...s/Q_AFinal.pdf


Here is a link to the NJ Dept of Ed's school report cards New Jersey Department of Education | 2012-2013 Performance Reports

It really comes down to the house you fall in love with, any of the elementary schools in Summit are excellent.

HTH
KoalaNJ

[samanthayakobchuk]

I was basically going to say the same. In a city like Summit, I wouldn't worry too much about specific schools, as they're all good.
Sounds like you're trying to choose between two houses and using schools as one of the deciding factors. If that's the case, you're good in both cases, so you can be free to choose the house that feels most like home. =)

[summitjunkie]

thanks @KoalaNJ and @samanthayakobchuk.

We did go through performance reports of both schools but didn't understand what's performance area Student Growth on the report.

Yes, we short listed three homes - two of them are in Washington school district and one in Brayton school district.

[summitjunkie]

does any one else has any more to offer on this subject? thank you if you do...
We already missed an opportunity, but it would be nice to know for future opportunities.